Histor y Of The Internet

1957

Jan 1, 1957

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics launched the first artificial earth satellite in 1957

1958

Feb 1, 1958

The Microchip was invented in 1958.

1958

Mar 1, 1958

Explorer 1 became first U.S. satellite to orbit the earth.

1960

Apr 1, 1960

First computer game was created called SpaceWar

1967

May 4, 1967

Floppy disk was invented

1969

May 1, 1969

First message was sent from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute

1971

Jun 1, 1971

Ray Tomlinson invents an email program.

1975

Jul 1, 1975

The first commercially available popular personal computer, the Altair 8800 is introduced as a kit.

1976

Aug 1, 1976

Apple Computer founded by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak.

1981

Sep 1, 1981

The national science foundation developed computer science.

1982

Oct 1, 1982

Computer scientists built the PhoneNet system and established Internet connections between the PhoneNet system, the ARPANET, and the first network, Telenet.

1985

Nov 1, 1985

NSFNET, a "backbone" to connect five supercomputer centers located all over the United States, allowed the establishment of regional networks around the country, making a brighter, more-connected future possible for more people.

1994

Dec 1, 1994

Microsoft takes technology from spyglass to make Windows 95

1995

Jan 1, 1995

Java (programming language) is introduced

1999

Aug 1, 1999

Linux Kernel 2.2.0 released. The number of people running Linux is estimated at over 10 million, making it not only an important operating system in the Unix world, but an increasingly important one in the PC world.

2004

Aug 1, 2004

Facebook was launched

2005

Nov 1, 2005

YouTube launches

2006

Oct 1, 2006

Twitter was created

2002

Mar 1, 2013

Web 2.0 begins