1958. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower orders the creation of the Advanced Projects Research Agency
(ARPA).
1961. Data is transmitted in small portions or packets, a principle that would then facilitate the flow of
information in computer networks.
1965. Lawrence Roberts and Thomas Merrill connect two computers by telephone line, one in
Massachusetts and one in California.
1974. The term internet is coined, an abbreviated version of internetworking .
1971. The e-mail system is developed.
1969. The ARPANET computer network developed by ARPA is launched.
1976. The first local Ethernet network emerges.
1982. The TCP/IP network protocol is created.
1991. The World Wide Web hypertext model is developed. The first computer viruses appear and spread
over the Internet.
1993. The first Internet browser appears, such as the first search engine and the first Internet radio
broadcasts.
1994. The first e-shops, online banks and advertising banners emerge.
1998. First Google Doodle.
1999. First attempts at electronic censorship in some countries: the MP3 format emerges.
2001. Wikipedia is born.
2003. The first phrase broadcast on Skype was "Tere, kas sa kuuled mind?" Something like, "Hi, do you
hear me?
2004. First user on Facebook.
2005. First YouTube video.
2007. The first iPhone.
2009. First Tweet from Space.
2010. Crew members of the International Space Station (ISS) get direct access to the Internet.
2011. The number of websites exceeds 357 million. According to data from the company Netcraft
(Corresponding to July 2011).
2015. WhatsApp launches the free calling service.