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Sputnik
USSR launches Sputnik into space and, with it, global communications. -
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Internet History
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Modem
Bell Labs Invents Modem -
Email
Ray Tomlinson Invents Email -
TCP/IP
TCP/IP Protocol Development Begins -
WAN
First Public WAN Initiated -
DNS
Paul Mockapetris Invents Domain Name System -
First Email
First Email in Germany -
Linux
Linus Torvalds Creates Linux -
WWW
World Wide Web Opens to Public -
Wiki
Jimmy Wales Launches Wikipedia