# history of the internet

**Category:** Other  
**Updated:** 4 Nov 2019  
history of the internet project

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Created by [Mauricio Shoda Carruyo](/content/user/616559/index.html)

1991: First website was available to the public.

1999: Many feared the internet and computers to crash.

2004: Launch of Facebook.

2004: Google announced Gmail.

2007: Microsoft launched a server.

2012: Ecommerce sales top $1 trillion mark.

2015: Laws are made to keep the internet free and open.