Brief History of the

Internet

1957
SSR Launches Sputnik

1958
US Government Creates ARPA

1962
Joseph Carl Robnett Licklider
Conceives Intergalactic Network

1964
Paul Baran and Donald Davies Develop
Message Block/Packet-Switching

1966
ARPAnet Project Initiated

1969
IMP Links First Four Nodes:
University of California at Los Angeles
University of California at Santa
Barbara
University of Utah
SRI

1972
Ray Tomlinson Invents Email

1973
TCP/IP Protocol Development Begins

1974
Vinton Cerf and Robert Kahn Coin
Internet

1991
Tim Berners Lee Creates World Wide
Web

1992
Erwise was created

1993
Mosaic was
created

1995-Present