Evolution of the Internet Timeline By Ty_Thunggin 1950 the U.S. Air Force created first wide-area network 1958 Dwight D. Eisenhower created Advanced Research Projects Agency (AR 1960 Paul Baran and Donald Davies is responsible for packet-switching con 1962 Dennis C. Hayes invented modem 1971 Bob Thomas of BBN created the Creeper program or the first computer virus. Apr 1, 1976 Apple founded Aug 12, 1981 IBM launch the personal computer Sep 19, 1982 scientist Scott E. Fahlman used the first emoticon Jan 1, 1983 Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn invented the internet Nov 2, 1988 The Morris Worm was created 1989 Tim Berners-Lee introduced the World Wide Web Feb 3, 1991 Michelangelo was virus created 1993 Yahoo founded Jan 23, 1993 Mosaic web browser was launched. Jul 5, 1994 Amazon was founded Aug 24, 1995 Microsoft launched Internet Explorer Sep 3, 1995 eBay was founded 1997 AOL launch instant messenger Sep 4, 1998 Google founded 2001 Apple launch iTunes 2003 Apple launch Safari 2004 Cabir was created Feb 4, 2004 Mark Zuckerberg launched Facebook Feb 14, 2005 Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim launched YouTube Jun 29, 2007 apple launch the iphone 2010 Instagram and Pinterest was launched May 10, 2011 Microsoft bought Skype