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USSR launches Sputnik
First artificial earth satellite. -
Birth of the Internet
ARPANET commissioned DoD for reseach into networking -
E-mail is created
People communicate over a network -
Internet Registration
Internet registration begins for .com, .net, .org, .edu and .gov -
Yahoo
Yahoo! is founded in Santa Clara, California, and provides a web search engine, email service, mapping and more -
Google
Google is founded in Menlo Park, California -
Dot-Com
The dot-com bubble bursts. -
Wikipedia
Wikipedia is launched -
Facebook
Facebook is founded in Cambridge, Massachusetts -
Youtube
Youtube launches -
Twitter
Twitter is founded in San Francisco, California -
Internet Stats
Internet world stats count over 1.9 billion surfers world wide. -
SOPA
Internet users scored an important victory in the battle to defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)/Protect IP Act (PIPA) and to maintain Internet freedom.
