I made a brief history of major events in the history of the Internet. Please take notice to how more events happen the farther the timeline goes.



1969
ARPANET
The first permanent ARPANET connection is established.



1982
Minitel
Minitel is launched.



1993
NCSA Mosaic
NCSA Mosaic, the first popular web browser is released.



1994
Netscape Navigator
Netscape Navigator, the second popular web browser is created by former developers of Mosaic.



1996
Battle.net
The popular online gaming service Battle.net is founded.



1997
Netscape Communicator
Netscape Communicator, the successor to Netscape Navigator is released.



2001
Wikipedia
The popular encyclopedia, Wikipedia is founded.



2004
Mozilla Firefox
Mozilla Firefox, the most popular web browser is released by former developers of Netscape & Mosaic.

World of Warcraft
World of Warcraft is released and becomes the world's most popular video game *edited*.


Godz Minnionz
*edited*, a popular gaming clan is founded.



2006
SS Free
On June 25, 2006, the SS Free is founded and becomes the world's most popular community.

Metroid Forums
On March 31, 2006 Metroid Forums, the world's most popular Metroid forum was founded. However Metroid Forums is currently hacked by rustyslacker so it doesn't really matter how popular it is since rustyslacker defaced it completely.



2007
Trollz
The popular message board *edited*



2008
Explosmertacular
On May 25, 2008, the *edited*, a small online gaming community is founded.

rustyslacker's epic failure
rustyslacker, a disgruntled global moderator tried to hack the SS Free and hold it hostage and said the only way he would give it back is if he could be an admin. His actions resulted in him getting Brommed and the term "rustyslackered" was coined. rustyslacker also had his *edited*.

rustyslackered
The popular Internet term "rustyslackered" was born, it means a hack that lacks any real planning and therefore results in a epic failure.

Raygold Models
The popular rickroll site *edited* is shutdown.

Planet Mac
On May 17, 2008, *edited* Planet Mac[/URL], a large gaming forum geared towards Mac gamers.

Trollz moves
On August 31, 2008, Trollz, a small gaming forum moves to a new URL since rustyslacker hacked the old one.

Usul forums
The official *edited*.
This post has been modified on Sep 23 , 2008 01:21:56 PM by MMOCrazy.

Thats a very nice list you've got there! Very resourceful, thank you!

Hey,
I don't particularly care for the history of the internet, but for those who are curious how it all came about, maybe they might like it.

Can I add one info?

2005
MMOsite
NO.1 Professional MMORPG Portal is established.

LOL... good one Astrid

This is filled with links to not so good sites. *Locked*.