History of the Internet By johnstonel Jan 1, 1960 Arpanet connects Stanford and UCLA Jan 1, 1970 Arpanet expands; connects Harvard, MI7 & BBN Jan 1, 1971 Ray Tomlinson invents email Jan 1, 1972 French project 'Cyclades' pushed idea that host computer should handle data transfer. Jan 1, 1973 Arpanet is now 78% e-mail Jan 1, 1974 Proposal to connect all networks without a central governing body Jan 1, 1978 Garry Thuerk creates spam Jan 1, 1979 Usenet creates first "Social Network" Jan 1, 1983 Arpanet goes 7CP / IP Jan 1, 1986 Protocol wars for data transfers Jan 1, 1988 Internet relay chart Jan 1, 1989 Tim Burners-Lee proposes internet Jan 1, 1991 First Webpage Jan 1, 1993 First Graphical Browser (Mosaic) Jan 1, 1998 Lewinsky Scandal puts news online Jan 1, 1998 Napser is created Jan 1, 2003 MySpace is the most popular social network Jan 1, 2004 Facebook Collage Network created Jan 1, 2007 iPhone introduces mobile web