History of the Internet

Michael Aldrich

Aug 22, 1941

Michael Aldrich, the inventor of online shopping is bron.

History of the Intermet

Period: Aug 22, 1941 to Dec 31, 2011

The dates of important things that happened with the internet.

Intergalactic Network

Aug 1, 1962

J.C.R. Licklider introduces the idea of an 'intergalactic network'. It evolved to what we know as the world wide web.

First Electronic Transactions

Jan 1, 1979

Michael Aldrich invents the predecessor to online shopping enabling the first electronic transactions.

First B2B Transaction

Mar 2, 1981

Thomson Holidays uses Aldrich's invention for the first ever B2B transaction.

First Online Home Shopper

Jan 1, 1984

72 year old Jane Snowball uses gateshead sis/tesco system and became the first online home shopper.

The World Wide Web Was Born

Dec 25, 1990

Tim Berners-Lee creates the first browser for mainstream use. The world wide web was born.

Downloading Music

Jan 1, 1993

The U.S. Billboard chart compiles legal music download for the first time.

GeoCities

Apr 1, 1994

GeoCities, one of the web's first social networking sites helps users create their own websites.

Amazon

Jul 1, 1995

Amazon launches in the U.S.

Ebay

Sep 3, 1995

Ebay is founded.

Google

Sep 4, 1998

Google launches.

Dot-com Crash

Jan 2, 2001

Dot-com crash. $5 trillion lost in 2 years.

Facebook

Feb 4, 2004

Facebook launches at Harvard University.

20th Anniversary of World Wide Web

Mar 13, 2009

The 20th anniversary of Tim Berners-Lee inventing the world wide web.

Global E-commerce

Jan 1, 2010

Global E-commerce sales top 591 billion euros.

10 Billion Songs Downloaded

Feb 24, 2010

iTunes downloads hit 10 billion.

Biggest Website in the World

Dec 31, 2011

Facebook is the biggest website in the world with 750 million active users.