On this day, 56 years ago:

"At 10:30 p.m., 29 October 1969, the first ARPANET message was sent from this UCLA site to the Stanford Research Institute."

https://ethw.org/Milestones:Birthplace_of_the_Internet,_1969

#arpanet #internet #history #OTD #OnThisDay #technology

@stefan

Any recognition for the #French and #UK teams who contributed much to this endeavour...?

#DonaldDavies and his team at the UK National Physical Laboratory #NPL for example ...?

See
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Davies
and
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CYCLADES

#Internet #InternetHistory #TheInternet #PacketSwitching

Donald Davies - Wikipedia