Significant Events on the Internet

Hotmail

Jul 4, 1996

Social Networking, One of the first web based email services.
Created by Sabeer Bhatia and Jack Smith

Google

Sep 15, 1997

World wide search engine.
Created by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in Menlo Park, California

Wikipedia

Jan 15, 2001

Encyclopedia
Created by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger

Facebook

Feb 4, 2004

Social Networking
Created by Mark Zuckerberg

Youtube

Feb 1, 2005

Video hosting service
Created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen and Jawed Karim in San Bruno, California