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Advanced research projects Agency (ARPA) is created
Found a way that computers can talk to each other in case of nuclear attack. -
Computers at Stanford and UCLA connected for the first time
The first hosts on what would one day become the Internet. -
an Arpanet network was established
Network between Harvard, MIT, and BBN (the company that created the user name from the computer name (which later on became the domain name) -
Email was first developed
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) -
The beginning of TCP/IP
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). -
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The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heartherington, which would have no central control and would work around a transmission control protocol (which eventually became TCP/IP) -
Spam is born
The first unsolicited commercial email message (later known as spam), was sent out to 600 California Arpanet users by Gary Thuerk. -
ESPN creation
ESPN was created by Bill Rassmussen and his son Scott in mid 1978. ESPN changed the impact of the way everyone watched tv. source -
MUD- the earliest form of multiplayer games was debuted
the precursor to World of Warcraft and Second Life was developed in 1979, and was called MUD ( short for Multi User Dungeon). MUDs were entirely text-based virtual words, combining elements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
the first emoticon:-)
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 then the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. -
the domain name system was created
The first Domain Name Servers (DNS) was created. The domain name system was important in that it mad address 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 convert it to the IP address automatically. -
World Wide Web protocols finished
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, URLs. -
First web page created 1991
brought some major innovations tot he world of the internet. 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. -
First photo on the web
Les Horribles Cernettes was a group of British singers, consisting of four girls were in the first photo on the web, they also claim to be the first band on the web. source -
Amazons beginning
Amazon began in the garage of Jeff Bezos’ home. The site was launched on July 16, 1995. source -
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First video to reach 1 million views on youtube
It was Ronaldinho's Touch of Gold video for Nike. The original is no longer available. source -
92 million websites online
In 2006 it was sad that there were officially 92 million websites on the internet. source -
Pinterest is created
A website that offers ideas based on what you like and what you can do in your life. Co-funded by Ben Silbermann, Evan Sharp and Paul Sciarra. source -
Twitter announces 100 million monthly active users
Twitter reaches 100 million active users, most sign in just to see whats going on in their world while others are tweeting. source -
