The History of Internet

1966: First ARPANET Plan

Oct 23, 1966

The first ARPANET plan was made by Lawrence Roberts.

1971: BBN Email

Jan 23, 1971

Tomblinson creates email program to send messages across a distributed network.

1973: International Connections

Jan 23, 1973

Intenational connections are made at the University College of London via NORSAR in Norway.

1985: First Registered Domain

Mar 15, 1985

Symbolics.com is assigned and becomes the first registered domain as well as some college ".edu"'s.

1995 and on: The Internet Takes Off

Jan 23, 1995

The internet is accessible to the public and people can now search the WWW. Technology grows.

1995: Microsoft's Release

Aug 1, 1995

Microsoft releases Internet Explorer and allows people to search the web by the masses.