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The Soviet Union launched the world’s first artificial satellite into orbit, called Sputnik. It relayed blips and bleeps from its radio transmitters as it circled the Earth, but it pretty much did nothing more than that besides giving America a scare. https://www.history.com/topics/inventions/invention-of-the-internet -
America made ARPANET to protect their connection lines if the telephone system was destroyed in a missile and prevented them from having quick, long distance communication. https://dartmedia.co.id/blog/78/the-evolution-of-the-internet:-from-arpanet-to-the-global-network-connecting-the-world -
In 1971, Ray Tomlinson sends the first email on ARPANET using @, marking the beginning of email as a key feature of the Internet. -
ARPANET expands internationally, connecting the United Kingdom for the first time, but also Norway. -
The Domain Name System (DNS) is introduced, making it possible to use human-readable domain names (e.g., www.example.com) instead of numeric IP addresses. -
symbolics.com is registered by Symbolics, Inc., becoming the first ever .com domain. -
Google is founded by Larry Page and Sergey Brin, revolutionizing search engines with its simple, effective search algorithm. -
Tim Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web (WWW) at CERN, which will later revolutionize the Internet. -
The World Wide Web is made publicly accessible by Tim Berners-Lee, allowing users to access and publish content on the web. -
The Mosaic web browser is released, offering a graphical interface that makes browsing the web easier and more accessible. -
In January of 1994, Yahoo! is founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo as a directory of websites, which later grows into one of the most popular internet portals of the 1990s. -
Jeff Bezos launches Amazon.com, initially as an online bookstore, later growing into the world’s largest e-commerce platform. -
Microsoft introduces Internet Explorer, which would become one of the most used web browsers in the following decades. -
In January 2001, the world's largest open-source encyclopedia, Wikipedia, is launched, allowing users to collaboratively edit articles. -
Facebook is launched by Mark Zuckerberg, initially as a social network for college students, later expanding to a global platform. -
YouTube is launched, allowing users to upload, share, and view videos, while also functioning as a search engine -
Apple released the iPhone, revolutionizing mobile internet access and started the smartphone era. -
Instagram is launched as a photo-sharing app, later turning into a major platform for social media, advertising, and e-commerce. -
Snapchat is launched, introducing the concept of temporary photos and videos, a feature that would define modern social media. -
The rollout of 5G networks begins, enabling faster, more reliable internet connections, helping with innovations in IoT and autonomous technologies.