Personal Internet Timeline


1969 - First message sent through ARPAnet, first internet system

1972 - Robert Kahn originates and leads DARPA, which developed technology for the military

1978 - Bill Gates and Paul Allen create partnership, MicroSoft

1976 - Steve Jobs cofounds Apple Computer Co. with Steve Wozniak

1979 - Ray Tomlinson sends first email on first email system through ARPAnet

1982-86 - Vint Cerf leads engineering of MCI Mail, first commercial email service

1983 - AOL [America Online] is founded, an internet server, email host, and later, instant messanging service.

1989 - I am born

1995 - Ebay is founded, an online auction and e-commerce website.

1997 - AOL publishes AOL Instant Messanger

1997 - Yahoo! creates Yahoo!Mail, a frequently used Email host site

1998 - GOOGLE is founded by Larry Page and Eric Schmidt, becomes the most well known and frequently used search engine.

1999 - Livejournal, an online blogging host, is started by Brad Fitzpatrick

2000 - I get my first email address, on Yahoo!Mail

2004 - Myspace, a social networking website, is founded, quickly becomes one of the most populated websites

2004 - Mozilla Firefox is released, 1 million downloads within first day, becomes a very popular alternative to internet browsers such as Internet Explorer

2004 - I get my first LiveJournal account, gain knowledge of HTML and other coding languages in order to modify the journal

2005 - YouTube is founded by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim, providing the public with music videos, tv clips, and personal home videos

2005 - I win my first auction on EBay

2006 - I stop using Internet Explorer and switch over to Mozilla Firefox