History of the Internet By facebooker_1443850956 Jan 1, 1941 Michael Aldrich is born Michael Aldrich was the inventor of online shopping. Jan 1, 1962 J.C.R. Licklider Introduces the Idea of an "Intergalactic Network" Jan 1, 1979 Michael Aldrich Enables the First Electronic Transcitions this was the predecessor to online shopping Jan 1, 1981 Thomson Holidays uses Aldrich's invention for the first ever B2B transaction Jan 1, 1984 Jane Snowball becomes the first online shopper Jan 1, 1990 Tim Berners creates the first browser for mainstream use Jan 1, 1993 The US Blillboard Chart compiles legal music downloads for the first time Jan 1, 1994 Geocities helps users create their own websites Jan 1, 1995 amazon launches in the US Jan 1, 1995 Ebay is founded Jan 1, 1997 Official launch of BBC online Jan 1, 1998 Google Founded Jan 1, 1999 Napster Jan 1, 1999 Kelkoo is founded shopping comparision site Jan 1, 2000 Paypal created Jan 1, 2001 .com crash Jan 1, 2001 $5 Trillion lost in 2 years Jan 1, 2001 Napster shuts down Jan 1, 2002 Friendtser launches Jan 1, 2002 Paypal is bought by Ebay for $1.5 billion Jan 1, 2003 Myspace launches Jan 1, 2004 Facebook launches at harvard University Jan 1, 2005 Sales of music downloads start to be included in the US Billboard Charts Jan 1, 2006 Google buys Youtube for $1.65 Billion Jan 1, 2007 BBC online contains more than 2 million pages Jan 1, 2008 kelkoo sells to a private equity company Jan 1, 2009 Pope gets his own YouTube channel Jan 1, 2009 Susan Boyle has over 71 million youtube hits Jan 1, 2009 TMZ is first to break news of Michael jackson's death Jan 1, 2010 20th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee inventing the world-wide web Jan 1, 2010 Global e-commerce sales top 591 billion euros Jan 1, 2010 iTunes downloads hit 1 billion Jan 1, 2011 facebook is biggest website in the world qith 750 million active users Jan 1, 2011 Twitter has 200 million users generating 65 million tweets a day