National Internet Day

October 29 is the anniversary of the first message ever sent over ARPANET, the internet's ancestor.

National Internet Day on October 29 marks the anniversary of the first message ever sent over ARPANET, the US Defense Department's experimental computer network that was the precursor to the modern internet. On October 29, 1969, UCLA student programmer Charley Kline sent the message 'LO' (intended t