jan 1, 1969 - LOGIN and node-to-node The first ARPAnet message is sent and it read "LOGIN". The message was delivered from a UCLA lab computer to a lab computer in Stanford. Despite the small size of the message it still crashed the ARPAnet and the Stanford computer only recieved the first two letters.
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jan 1, 1969
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~ 57 years ago