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The Creation
YouTube is created by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. A simple idea for a "Flickr for video" resulted in claiming the web address "youtube.com" immediately. -
The First One
The first video is uploaded by Jawed Karim, entitled, "Me at the zoo." -
First Promoter!
Nike was the first to promote their products on YouTube. -
YouTube's Official Debut
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Bought by Google
Google buys YouTube for the "small" price of $1.65 billion. -
YouTube Mobile
The mobile application for YouTube was released in June 2007. -
First YouTube Brodcasted Presidential Debate
7 out of 16 candidates of the 2008 election ran their campaigns through YouTube. -
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2008 Peabody Award
YouTube was awarded the Peabody Award for being "a 'Speakers' Corner' that both embodies and promotes democracy." -
3D Videos
3D video for YouTube is announced by YouTube software engineer Peter Bradshaw. -
1 Billion!?
One billion views per day is passed on the site. -
First Free Online Worldwide Broadcast
Sporting events, including 60 cricket matches in the Indian Premier League, were streamed on YouTube for the first time, for free. -
3 Billion per day!
YouTube receives three billion video views per day. -
4 Billon!
YouTube claims to recieve four billion video views per day. -
"Promotes Terrorism" Flagging
YouTube adds a "promotes terrorism" option to the list of reasons a user can tag a video as inappropriate for.
