On this day in 1969 ARPANET went live for the first time. It would later evolve into the Internet.
"On October 29, 1969, at 10:30pm Pacific Time, the first two letters were transmitted over ARPANET. And then it crashed. "
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2019/10/50-years-ago-today-the-internet-was-born-sort-of/
#OTD #OnThisDay #ARPANET
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