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Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) is created.
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Computers at Stanford and UCLA connect for the first time
The first hosts on what would one day become the Internet. -
An Arpanet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
Email was first developed
Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name) -
The beginning of TCP/IP
A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network", which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP). -
Apple was founded
On April 1st, 1976 was founded by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne. Jobs and Wozniak battled through differences and created the (almost) 40 year old company. Macworld -
The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email message(later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
MUD – The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted
The precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
The first emoticon :-)
The first emoticon was used While many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. -
The domain name system was created
The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the Internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed Internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically. -
World Wide Web protocols finished
The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs. -
First web page created
Brought some major innovations to the world of the Internet. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the World Wide Web was. -
First browser war
Netscape was the #1 used browser with no competition, until Microsoft created Internet Explorer. Top10Reviews -
Google is founded by Sergey Brin and Larry Page
Larry and Sergey open a bank account and deposit a check written by co-founder Andy Bechtolsheim, thus creating and founding Google Inc. Google -
Wikipedia is launched
Wikipedia was founded by Jimmy Wales, who is credited with making the goal of creating a public and editable encyclopedia, and Larry Sanger, who is credited for creating a strategy to reach that goal. Wikipedia -
YouTube is created
The inspiration to create a video sharing site came from Janet Jackson's Super Bowl incident. The original plan for YouTube was for it to be a video version of an online dating site. Mashable -
Twitter launch
In 2006, a podcasting company called Odeo decided to reinvent themselves. The idea of an SMS with the original name of "Twttr" was born. Profile Rehab -
Tumblr is created
David Karp was inspired by the idea of tumblelogs which are short-form blogs. With developing help from Marco Arment, they created Tumblr and within two weeks, had over 75,000 users. Wikipedia -
40th Anniversary
The internet celebrates it's 40th "birthday". The first message was sent to ARPANET, which would later develop into the internet we have now. UCLA -
Pinterest is created
Pinterest is a web and phone app that is a "catalog of ideas", founded by Ben Silbermann, Paul Sciarra, and Evan Sharp. Wikipedia -
Internaut day
The first public website went public 25 years ago. Created by Tim Berners-Lee with a simple text page that connected to other pages. Telegraph
