Milestones in Computer History By gabessdsp Period: Jan 1, 1937 to Jan 1, 1942 First Electronic Digital Computer is Built Small Facts Jan 16, 1971 Intel 4004 microprocessor built History May 22, 1975 LAN is made Created by Robert Metcalf May 16, 1980 Bill Gates is asked to develop the soon to be called "Windows" Jul 15, 1984 Creation of Apple Introduces the Macintosh computer with GUI. Mar 16, 1989 World Wide Web Created by Tim Berners-Lee May 16, 1995 Ebay Founded May 16, 2004 Facebook Fadcebook, the social network is introduced.