In 1973 – Larry Page was born in East Lansing, Michigan. He would go on to help invent and co-found Google.
In 1976 – Queen Elizabeth II sent the first royal email, from the Royal Signals and Radar Establishment in Malvern as a part of a demonstration of networking technology.
In 1999 – The “Melissa” worm showed up in a file on the alt.sex usenet group and became the first successful mass-mailing worm. The worm’s creator, David L. Smith, apparently named the worm after a lap dancer in Florida.
Like Tech History? Purchase Tom Merritt’s Chronology of Tech History at Merritt’s Books site.
Great article Tom. Happy birthday Larry!