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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 "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 and 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, (picture to the left) 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, combiningelements of role-playing games, interactive, fiction, and online chat. -
The first emoticon :-)
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 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. -
Rooster Teeth opens the first version of its website
Source Rooster Teeth, the famed internet production company responsible for the works of RWBY, Red vs Blue, the upcoming film Lazer Team, and the "Let's Play" channel on YouTube, open their doors. -
Steam is released
Source Steam, the online gaming client used by millions around the globe, is released. -
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Ray Narvaez, Jr. joins Rooster Teeth's staff
Source Ray Narvaez, Jr, arguably Rooster Teeth's most consistently funny member, joins Achievement Hunter full time. -
Markiplier joins YouTube
Source Markiplier, YouTube's top growing gamer, creates his YouTube account. -
Game Grumps is created
Source Game Grumps, the gaming channel featuring esteemed animator and gamer Arin "Egoraptor" Hanson, and YouTube games reviewer Jonathan "JonTron" Jafari, registers its username and releases its first video. -
Rooster Teeth streams its first live podcast
Source The first live Rooster Teeth Podcast is live streamed through YouTube and the Rooster Teeth Website. -
Jon leaves Game Grumps
Source Jon leaves Game Grumps after nearly a year of content with the show to focus on his own personal projects, with Dan Avidan (famous for his work in the band "NSP") taking his place on the show -
Ray Narvaez, Jr. leaves Rooster Teeth to pursue Twitch streaming
Source Ray, after 3 years of working with Rooster Teeth, left to pursue Twitch streaming full time.
