First networked email
TechnologyRay Tomlinson sends the first email between computers on ARPANET, choosing the @ sign to separate user and host names.
- Date
- 1971 · View on map
- Countries
- United States
- Regions
- North America
- Importance
- ★★★★★
- Sources
Related events
November 1971★★★★★
Intel 4004, the first commercial microprocessor
Intel introduces the 4004, the first commercially available single-chip microprocessor, paving the way for personal computers.
Technology· United States
February 21, 1972 – February 28, 1972★★★★★
Nixon visits China
U.S. President Richard Nixon's visit opens the way to normalised relations between the United States and China.
Politics· China, United States
March 30, 1972 – October 1972★★★★★
Easter Offensive
North Vietnam launches a large conventional offensive on three fronts in the South, including prolonged fighting at Quảng Trị.
War· Vietnam, United States
December 18, 1972 – December 29, 1972★★★★★
Operation Linebacker II
The United States carries out intensive B-52 bombing of Hanoi and Haiphong for twelve days, known in Vietnam as the "Điện Biên Phủ in the air".
War· Vietnam, United States
July 20, 1969★★★★★
Apollo 11 Moon landing
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon.
ExplorationTechnology· United States
October 29, 1969★★★★★
First message sent over ARPANET
The first message is sent between UCLA and the Stanford Research Institute over ARPANET, the precursor of the Internet.
Technology· United States