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Creation
YouTube was founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. They had an idea of a platform for people to share their home videos.(Britainica) -
First video ‘Me at the zoo’
Jawed Karim uploaded a 18 minute movie clip taken at the San Diego Zoo. This video movie clip has over 240 million views.(VdoCipher) -
The Official Launch
Although videos were being viewed and YouTube had its first million views in September, YouTube was still in its testing or beta stage. On this day YouTube was launched.(VdoCipher) -
Partner Program Launch
YouTube is enabled to pay individuals for their viral content. Some individuals have started companies from YouTube.(VdoCipher) -
YouTube hits first one billion views video
Wow! One billion views! “Gangnam Style”, this video broke the YouTube viewings by having a billion hits.(VdoCipher) -
Shooting at YouTube headquarters
38-year old Nasim Najafi Aghdam was the shooter. She injured three people. One was seriously injured and she killed herself.(VdoCipher)