Major Events in History of the Internet and Computers- Group Project By smithash013 Jan 1, 1972 Only large Universities and the Government have access to email via internet Jan 1, 1972 Earthquake nearly destroys Turkey Jan 1, 1972 11 Isreal Athletes murdered at Olympics Jan 1, 1976 Steve Wazniak invented the Apple I computer Jan 1, 1976 NBC replaces their famous peacock logo Jan 1, 1976 Cuba adopts its constitution Jan 1, 1981 IBM introduces the PC Jan 1, 1981 Voyager II encounters Saturn Jan 1, 1981 Miss Teenage America Pageant is sold to Teen Magazine Jan 1, 1993 The World Wide Web became viable for the general public Jan 1, 1993 Michael Jordan retires basketball as a Chicago Bull Jan 1, 1993 Bill Clinton becomes the 42nd president on the US Jan 1, 1994 Yahoo! goes directly online Jan 1, 1994 Civil War began in Rowanda Jan 1, 1994 "NHL Lockout" over salaries Jan 1, 1998 Google goes online The two creators of google: Larry Page and Sergey Brin Jan 1, 1998 India begins nuclear testing Jan 1, 1998 Omagh car bombing Jan 1, 2005 Youtube was founded Jan 1, 2005 Civil Rights Activist Rosa Parks Passes Away Jan 1, 2005 Pluto no longer declared a planet Jan 1, 2006 The first tweet was sent Jan 1, 2006 "BIrd Flu" epedimic begins in Humans Jan 1, 2006 20th anniversary of 'Soul Train Music Awards" Jan 1, 2007 Amazon realeases the 1st Kindle Jan 1, 2007 Financial Mortgage Crisis Jan 1, 2007 Launch of the first Apple IPhone (Iphone Mania) Jan 1, 2010 Instagrams began Jan 1, 2010 Huge Oil Spill on Gulf of Mexico Jan 1, 2010 M. 7 Earthquake in Haiti
