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The Sputnik 1 was launched
The launching of the Sputnik 1 catalyzed advancements towards the internet to be made faster so that information could be spread more easily which would help America launch their own satellite.(http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/sputnik-launched) -
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 "interface message processor" computers used to connect to the network) in 1970 was created. -
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). -
The first Personal Computer Modem is Invented
The modem was invented by Dennis Hayes and Dale Heatherington, and was introduced and initially sold to computer hobbyists. -
Spam is born
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
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, 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 than the original -) proposed by MacKenzie. -
Delphi Forums was created
The first internet forum website, Delphi Forums, was created which had features such as an ASCII-based encyclopedia, E-mail, and a primitive chat.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Delphi_(online_service)) -
The domain name system was created
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. -
the first ISPs(Internet service provider) were established
In Brookline, Massachusetts, The World became the first commercial ISP in the US. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider) -
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, and URLs. -
the first web browser, WorldWideWeb, was created
The first web browser, WorldWideWeb, was created(later renamed nexus) by Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the same person who created the world wide web.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_browser) -
First web page created
1991 brought some major innovations to the 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. -
The Wandex was created
Originally known as The World Wide Web Wanderer, the Wandex was created by Matthew Gray and became the first search engine. (http://www.searchenginehistory.com/) -
Six Degrees was created
The first social media website, it enabled users to create profiles and share them with other users.(https://smallbiztrends.com/2013/05/the-complete-history-of-social-media-infographic.html) -
Myspace was created
Myspace was founded by Chris DeWolfe, Tom Anderson, and Jon Hart. It was the most popular social media site from 2005 to 2008 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myspace) -
Facebook was created
Facebook was created by Mark Zuckerberg and went on to become on of the most popular social media platforms.(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Facebook) -
YouTube was created
The most popular video sharing website on the internet was created. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/YouTube) -
Twitter was created
Twitter, one of the most popular social media websites currently, was founded by Jack Dorsey, Noah Glass, Biz Stone, and Evan Williams (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter)
