Early History of the Internet

• 1961 First packet-switching papers
• 1966 Merit Network founded
• 1966 ARPANET planning starts
• 1969 ARPANET carries its first packets
• 1970 Mark I network at NPL (UK)
• 1970 Network Information Center (NIC)
• 1971 Merit Network's packet-switched network operational
• 1971 Tymnet packet-switched network
• 1972 Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) established
• 1973 CYCLADES network demonstrated
• 1974 Telenet packet-switched network
• 1976 X.25 protocol approved
• 1979 Internet Activities Board (IAB)
• 1980 USENET news using UUCP
• 1980 Ethernet standard introduced
• 1981 BITNET established