October 29, 1969General sourceWell documented
ARPANET sends its first message
On the timeline · around October 29, 1969 ·
What happened
UCLA student Charley Kline tried to send "LOGIN" to Stanford; the network crashed after "LO" — the first message on the ARPANET, the internet's direct ancestor.
Why it matters
Two computers talking over a packet-switched network: the internet's opening syllable.
Sources
- Computer History Museum. Timeline of Computer History: 1969 · General source