History Of Internet 

1960s: Advent of packet-switching network heralds birth of Internet 
1968: US Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA) furthers packet-switching development
1970s: ARPA introduces network for defence and develops e-mail. US universities join network
1973: First intercontinental network connection as University College of London joins network 

1975: Bill Gates creates Microsoft as PC sales grow
1979: USENET is developed, pushing Internet’s rapid expansion
1985: Forerunner of America Online (AOL) is launched by Steve Case
1990: Tim Berners-Lee develops Internet computer language and address system
1991: WorldWideWeb browser and server software made available by Tim Berners-Lee 
1993: Mosaic, the first properly developed web-browser, takes Internet by storm
1994: First World Wide Web Consortium conference held
1995: Amazon launched by Jeff Bezos 
1995: eBay basics set by Pierre Omidyar

1995: Yahoo launched by David Filo and Jerry Yang
1998: Google opens its doors
1998: ICANN, the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, is born
2004: Google stock market launch 
2005: Google invests US$ 1 billion for 5% stake in Time Warner’s AOL
2006: Number of websites tops the 100,000,000 mark
2007: Launch of Windows Vista
2008: Bill Gates retires. Launch of Google Chrome