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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 connnected for 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. -
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. -
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. -
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. -
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Amazon created
Amazon created
Amazon is another website used for buying and selling items with other people around the world. -
eBay created
ebay created
Ebay was a website that was utilized for online selling and buying of items worldwide. -
Facebook created
Facebook Created
Today Facebook was born and it allowed users to post things on their wall and be able to follow friends and strangers alike. -
Youtube created
Youtube Created
On this day, Youtube was created and it allowed users to be able to search for and watch videos online as well as upload videos. -
Webkinz Created
Webkinz Created
Webkinz was made for children to own virtual pets and be able to play in a virtual world with them. -
Twitter Created
Twitter Created
Twitter was created so that people could 'Tweet' what was happening in their lives. -
Poptropica Created
Poptropica Created
Poptropica was made to allow the younger generation to join in role-playing activities throughout different maps and scenarios. -
Happy Wheels created
Happy Wheels created
Happy Wheels is a computer game on www.totaljerkface.com that puts players as different characters into different maps created by the players throughout the world. -
Instgram created
Instagram Created
Instagram was made to have anybody post a photo and let others see it and 'Like' it or comment.
