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ARPA is Formed
The United States government formed the Advanced Research Projects Agency which started new efforts in science and technology and would eventually go on to nurture the internet -
I.M.P is Created
Bolt, Beranek, and Newman created interface message processors which was the necessary hardware for sending and receiving bursts of data and presented it to U.C.L.A -
The word "meme" is coined
Richard Dawkins coined the term "meme" in his book The Selfish Gene and a few decades later would go on to provide non stop entertainment for when you're on the toilet -
Apple is founded
Technological juggernaut Apple is started by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak -
Aol. is founded
A pioneering company to the internet and introduced online messaging to the masses -
World Wide Web is launched
One of the largest physics labs in the world called CERN launched the internet as we know it today -
Mosaic is launched
Brought the internet to the average american and was the first widely used internet browser -
Google is founded
The worlds largest internet browser is launched -
MySpace is launched
The social networking site that the took the world by storm in the mid 2000's and set the precedent for most social media networks today -
Facebook is launched
Young Harvard student Mark Zuckerberg starts Facebook originally only meant for college students but would grow to be the supreme social media site to this day -
YouTube launches
The world now had easy access to whatever kind of PG-13 content and cat videos they could desire all with the click of a button -
Twitter is released
Twitter let the world share each others thoughts in 140 characters or less -
Trump's first tweet
The undisputed king of Twitter President Donald J. Trump uploads his first tweet which was a plug for "Late Night with David Letterman" -
Instagram is released
Instagram came to the app store and made it easier for the world to share photos to each other -
Gangnam Style breaks 1 billion views
Korean pop star Psy became the first to break the 1 billion view mark with his cultural phenomena of a song Gangnam style -
Snowden blows the whistle
Former C.I.A operative Edward Snowden leaks documents reavealing that the NSA is spying on citizens including their social media -
Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal
Zuckerberg testifies to selling private information of over 80 million Facebook users
