The Internet By gilbhale1996 Apr 25, 1958 ARPA (Advanced Research Project Agency) was a group formed by the government to research space and advance in technology. Sep 16, 1958 The Microchip was invented in 1958. Dec 19, 1958 Explorer 1 became first U.S. satellite to orbit the earth. Nov 18, 1962 First computer game was created called SpaceWar Mar 13, 1967 1967: Floppy disk was invented Jan 18, 1969 1969: Nodes began to be installed in several colleges Apr 6, 1971 Ray Tomlinson invents an email program. Apr 2, 1976 Apple Computer founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak. Oct 29, 1978 The first mass-marketed personal computer, the Apple II, is launched Sep 17, 1981 The national science foundation developed computer science. Dec 9, 1983 The Computer Science Research Network had more than 70 sites online Feb 10, 1984 The Apple Macintosh is put out on the market. Apr 7, 1993 The Pentium processor is developed by Intel. May 9, 1994 Microsoft takes technology from spyglass to make Windows 95 Feb 16, 1995 Java (programming language) is introduced Apr 2, 2002 Web 2.0 begins Sep 17, 2004 Facebook was launched Oct 29, 2005 YouTube lanches Apr 3, 2006 Twitter is launched. Sep 17, 2007 Tumblr was found Jun 4, 2010 Instagram was discovered