The History of the Internet.

USSR launches Sputnik.

Jan 1, 1957

First Box
Sputnik is the first artificial Earth satellite.

The History of the Internet.

Period: Jan 1, 1957 to Jul 21, 2010

ARPA awarded ARPANET contract to BBN.

Dec 1, 1968

Third Box
A physical connection was made in 1969. The University of California at Los Angeles, SRI (in Stanford), University of California at Santa Barbara, and University of Utah were all linked to the network.

First email.

Mar 1, 1972

Fourth Box
The first e-mail program was created by Ray Tomlinson of BBN.

TCP/IP.

Mar 1, 1973

Fifth Box
Development began on a protocol later named TCP/IP,

Ethernet.

Jan 1, 1976

Second Box
Dr. Robert M. Metcalfe develops Ethernet.

IAB.

Jan 1, 1983

Last Box
Internet Activities Board (IAB) was created.

DNS.

Nov 1, 1983

Timeline
Domain Name Server (DNS) introduced.

WAIS.

Jan 1, 1991

Timeline
Wide Area Information Servers (WAIS) is formed.

Java.

Apr 1, 1994

Timeline
Java's first public demonstration.

Spyglass.

Dec 1, 1994

Timeline
Microsoft licenses technology from Spyglass to create Web browser for Windows 95.

Java released.

May 23, 1995

Timeline
Sun Microsystems releases Java.

Windows 95.

Aug 24, 1995

Timeline
Windows 95 was released.

Google.

Sep 15, 1997

Wikipedia
Google.com was registered.

Wireless.

Jan 1, 2000

Timeline
Wireless internet is now considered an alternative to Ethernet cables.

Facebook.

Feb 1, 2004

Wikipedia
Facebook.com was launched.

Youtube.

Jan 1, 2005

Timeline
Youtube.com is launched.