Jake Doyle's History of the internet Timeline

Advanced Research Projects Agency is created

Jan 1, 1962

Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of a nuclear attack.

Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time

Oct 29, 1969

The first hosts on what would one day become the internet.

An Arpanet network was established

Jan 1, 1970

Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created.

Email was first developed

Jan 1, 1971

Developed by Ray Tomlinson, who also made the decision to use the "@" symbol to separate the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name)

First Internet Address Registry

Jan 1, 1972

http://www.internethalloffame.org/internet-history/timeline
Jon Postel helps create the first Internet address registry, which later becomes Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA).

The beginning of the TCP/IP

Jan 1, 1974

A proposal was published to link Arpa-like networks together into a so-called "inter-network" which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP).

The first personal computer modem is invented

Jan 1, 1977

The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists.

Spam is born

Jan 1, 1978

The first unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk.

MUD- The earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted

Jan 1, 1979

The precursor to world of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD (short for MultiUser Dungeon). MUDS were entirely text-based virtual worlds, combing elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat.

The first emoticon :-)

Jan 1, 1982

The first emoticon was used while many people credit Kevin MacKenzie with the invention of the emoticon in 1979, it was Scott Fahlman in 1982 who proposed using :-) after a joke, rather than original -) proposed by MacKenzie.

The domain name system was created

Jan 1, 1984

The first domain name servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it made addresses on the internet more human-friendly compared to its numerical IP address counterparts. DNS servers allowed internet users to type in an easy-to-remember domain name and then converted it to the IP address automatically.

Internet Rise

Jan 1, 1987

[http://www.toptenreviews.com/software/articles/important-events-in-the-history-of-the-world-wide-web/](http:www.timetoast.com)
By 1987 the Web finally had 20,000 register domain hosts.

First Internet virus

Jan 1, 1988

http://www.factmonster.com/ipka/A0193167.html
A virus called the Internet Worm temporarily shuts down about 10% of the world's Internet servers for the first time.

World wide web protocols finished

Jan 1, 1990

The code for the World Wide Web was written by Tim Berners-Lee, based on his proposal from the year before, along with the standards for HTML, HTTP, and URLs.

First web page created 1991

Jan 1, 1991

Brought some major innovations to the world wide web. The first web page was created and, much like the first email explained what email was, its purpose was to explain what the world wide web was.

Search Engines

Jan 1, 1994

http://www.salon.com/2014/03/14/25_biggest_moments_in_internet_history_partner/
WebCrawler becomes the first search engine to enable full-text searches, allowing users to look for keywords anywhere on any webpage.

White House gets Website

Jan 1, 1994

http://www.salon.com/2014/03/14/25_biggest_moments_in_internet_history_partner/
The White House gets its first website, an “interactive citizens’ handbook” that allows users to find the latest presidential statements and browse pictures of the First Family. Bill Clinton and Al Gore are the first POTUS and VPOTUS respectively to have official email addresses: [e-mail] and [e-mail].

Google created

Jan 1, 1997

http://www.salon.com/2014/03/14/25_biggest_moments_in_internet_history_partner/
Larry Page and Sergey Brin register the domain Google.com, “to organize a seemingly infinite amount of information on the web.”

Wiki opens

Jan 1, 2001

http://www.toptenreviews.com/software/articles/important-events-in-the-history-of-the-world-wide-web/
In 2001 the website that has all worldly information launches, Wikipedia.

Facebook

Jan 1, 2004

http://www.toptenreviews.com/software/articles/important-events-in-the-history-of-the-world-wide-web/
In 2004, TheFacebook opened to only college students but then turned to a webpage that all can use. It is one of the biggest websites on the web now.

Youtube

Feb 14, 2005

https://www.timetoast.com/timelines/10-major-events-in-internet-history
In 2005, the first video website was created, Youtube. It allowed you to view different kinds of videos from the web.

Twitter

Jan 1, 2006

http://www.toptenreviews.com/software/articles/important-events-in-the-history-of-the-world-wide-web/
In 2006, Twitter opened its doors to the public. They let people "tweet" what they think/do.