1971: Ray Tomlinson sends the first email.
1972: The first personal computer, the Kenbak-1, is released.
1974: The first graphical user interface (GUI) is developed.
1983: The first cellular phone is released.
1984: The World Wide Web (WWW) is created.
1990: The Hubble Space Telescope is launched.
1993: The first web browser, Mosaic, is released.
1995: Windows 95 is released.
1996: Google is founded.
1998: The International Space Station (ISS) is launched.
1999: Napster, a peer-to-peer file sharing service, is released.
2000: The human genome is sequenced.
2001: Wikipedia is founded.
2004: Facebook is founded.
2007: The first iPhone is released.
2008: The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) is turned on.
2010: The Deepwater Horizon oil rig explodes, causing the worst oil spill in history.
2011: The Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster occurs.
2012: The Curiosity rover lands on Mars.
2013: Edward Snowden leaks information about the National Security Agency's surveillance programs.
2014: The Ebola virus outbreak in West Africa begins.
2015: The Paris Agreement on climate change is signed.
2016: The United Kingdom votes to leave the European Union (Brexit).
2017: Donald Trump is elected President of the United States.
2019: The COVID-19 pandemic begins.
2020: Joe Biden is elected President of the United States.
2022: Russia invades Ukraine.