History of the Internet By sharpest Period: Apr 4, 1965 to Apr 4, 2011 History of Internet Jan 1, 1969 Arpanet (Advanced research projects agency network) Jan 1, 1970 News Groups Jan 1, 1971 Email Apr 4, 1977 10 million users Jan 1, 1978 International packet-switched service Jan 1, 1983 tcp/ip protocol, national science foundation (nsf) Jan 1, 1984 Domain name addressing system Apr 4, 1984 Domain name addressing system Apr 4, 1985 Increase users of Internet reaches 10,000 Apr 4, 1990 First Dial up Apr 4, 1990 First search engine Apr 4, 1995 Ebay Apr 4, 1996 word ‘internet’ in daily use Apr 4, 1996 Broadband Apr 4, 1998 Google Inc Apr 4, 2004 Facebook