Major Events in the History of Internets and Computers

History of Computers

Period: Jan 1, 1970 to Jan 1, 2010

Apple

Jan 1, 1976

25th space shuttle (51L)- Challenger 10 explodes 73 seconds after lift off.
Source for event: www.historyorb.com/events/date/1976
Source for date: http://web.mit.edu/invent/iow/apple.html

Universities/Government

Jan 1, 1980

Pacman video game was released
Source for date: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/In_what_year_did_schools_and_universities_join_the_Internet#slide=1&article=In_what_year_did_schools_and_universities_join_the_Internet
Source for event: history1900s.about.com/od/timelines/tp/1980timeline.htm

IBM

Jan 16, 1981

Frankenstein opens and closes on broadway Source for date: http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/exhibits/pc25/pc25_birth.html
Source for event: www.historyorb.com/events/date/1981

World Wide Web

Jan 16, 1993

50th Golden Globe Awards Source for date:
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/When_was_the_World_Wide_Web_first_introduced&altQ=World_Wide_web_introduced&isLookUp=1
Source for event: www.historyorb.com/events/date/1993

Yahoo

Jan 16, 1994

OJ arrested for murder of wife Surce for date: https://info.yahoo.com/about-us
Source for event: topics.nytimes.com/top/refernce/timestopics/people/s/o_j_simpson

Google

Jan 16, 1998

Larry Page and Sergey Brin co founded Google
FBI arrest most wanted serial killer Tony Ray Amati
Source for date: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_year_was_Google_founded
Source for event:www.historyorb.com/events/date/1998

Youtube

Jan 16, 2005

47th Grammy Awards
Souce for date: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_year_was_YouTube_started&altQ=What_year_was_youtube_founded&isLookUp=1
Source for event: www.historyorb.com/events/date/1986

Amazon Kindle

Jan 16, 2007

24th MTV Awards Source for date: http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_year_was_the_Amazon_Kindle_invented
Source for event: www.historyorb.com/events/date/2007