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ARPA is created
ARPA Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
First connected computers
computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time -
Arpanet network is established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN is created -
Email is developed
Ray Tomlinson develops email and the @ symbol -
Creation of TCP/IP
Proposal to link Arpa-like networks together into a "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol -
First personal computer modem
Invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington sold to computer hobbyists -
Spam was born
The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk -
MUD
Known as MultiUser Dungeon. The earliest form of multiplayer games. Entirely text based and combined role play and online chat -
First emoticon
The first emoticon was used. Many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979. Scott Fahlman proposed using :-) after a joke in 1982. -
First domain name system and Domain Name Servers were created
The domain name system made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly. DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically -
First Macintosh introduced
Steve Jobs introduces first Macintosh a personal computer
https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+the+first+mac+made&rlz=1C1CHXU_enUS761US761&oq=when+was+the+&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j0j69i57j0l3.4783j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 -
World Wide Web protocols finished
Tim Berners-Lee wrote the code for the World Wide Web. It based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
First web page created
First web page created to explain what a web page was -
Netflix created
Netflix a popular movie streaming site, is created.
https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+netflix+created&rlz=1C1CHXU_enUS761US761&oq=when&aqs=chrome.0.69i59l3j69i57j0l2.1071j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 -
Google born
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Facebook founded
Mark Zuckerberg founds facebook, a now popular social media site
https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+facebook+founded&rlz=1C1CHXU_enUS761US761&oq=when+was+fa&aqs=chrome.0.69i59j69i57j0l4.2559j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 -
Reddit born
Reddit a social media/ news site is created
https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+reddit+created&rlz=1C1CHXU_enUS761US761&oq=when+was+reddit&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.8223j0j4&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 -
Twitter created
Twitter another famous social media is created
https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+twitter+created&rlz=1C1CHXU_enUS761US761&oq=when+was+twitte&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.7711j0j9&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 -
Google chrome born
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Instagram launched
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Snapchat born
Snapchat another famous social media is created
https://www.google.com/search?q=when+was+snapchat+created&rlz=1C1CHXU_enUS761US761&oq=when+was+snap&aqs=chrome.0.0j69i57j0l4.2880j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 -
Great meme war
The "Great Meme War" was an internet war that tried to sway public opinion of the presidential candidates using memes
https://encyclopediadramatica.rs/The_Great_Meme_War
