ARPAnet, the precursor to the modern Internet, was launched in 1969 and allowed major universities to connect. It was designed for research, education, and government use. In 1972, Ray Tomlinson introduced email. The Internet protocol was invented in 1973, allowing worldwide communication between networks. In 1982, the term "Internet" was coined to describe the global network.

1. 1969
ARPA which stands for
Advanced Research
Projects Agency went
online on
December, which was
able to connect some
major U.S. universities. It
was mainly designed for
research, education, gover
nment orgs. It was also
able to provide
communications for
different networks that
linked the country to find
out certain things about
the military attack.
1976
1972:
Ray Tomlinson
introduced the E-mail.
1984
1973
Internet protocol was finally
invented that allowed
internet users all over the
world to communicate.
Campaign events
were e-mailed. Queen
Elizabeth was the first
one to send an email.
1985
1988
1982
The word "Internet"
was finally invented and
used.
Domain Name
System, .com, .org, .ne
t, and the term
"cyberspace", were
formed/made.
America Online
provided different
information all over the
internet.
A virus called
“Worm” caused a
lot of computers to
shut down.
1993
1991
1989
The term world wide
web or www was finally
invented.
1990
Peter Deusch made the
index on the internet.
Gopher became the
most popular internet
surface.
NCSA became the
most dominant
navigating system.

2. 1995
1994
1996
“Spamming” was
introduced to our
internet slang.
1997
45 million were using
the internet.
Dial up internet was
finally accessible.
Weblog became
blog.
Java was a term for
our internet
language.
1999
1998
Google finally
opened in California.
2000
2001
An application was
made to access or
swap music all over
the internet.
Self-replicating
viruses such as the
love bug and stages
were formed.
9.8 billion e-mails
were sent.
2003
2004
Apple computer
introduced iTunes
store.
Several viruses spread
out which infected 1
out of 12 e-mails.
2002
544.2 million internet
users.
Wikipedia was
invented.
2005
Youtube.com was
launched! 
2006
2007
2008
92 million websites can
be found in the internet.
Online games, music
downloads, were invented.
Google wanted to buy
Yahoo! at $44.6 billion.