Tim Berners-Lee

Today in History 11/12 (World Wide Web)

The world's first web page, created by Tim Berners-Lee in 1990, and photographed here in 2013 (Е FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP/Getty Images)(1990) A worldwide web of internet communication is proposed
English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee publishes a proposal to interlink communications via the internet through hypertext, like this, for a project called “WorldWideWeb,” a web of documents viewed by “browsers.” Within weeks, he’ll have built the necessary infrastructure and published the first web pages, describing this very project.
The World Wide Web is a global information medium which users can read and write via computers connected to the Internet. The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet itself, but the Web is a service that operates over the Internet, just as e-mail also does. The history of the Internet dates back significantly further than that of the World Wide Web. Web is the global information system.
This NeXT workstation (a NeXTcube) was used by Tim Berners-Lee as the first Web server on the World Wide Web. It is shown here as displayed in 2005 at Microcosm, the public science museum at CERN (where Berners-Lee was working in 1991 when he invented the Web). The document resting on the keyboard is a copy of
The NeXTcube used by Tim Berners-Lee at CERN became the first Web server.
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(1990) A worldwide web of internet communication is proposed.
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1892 | Pudge Heffelfinger is the first professional football player
William ‘Pudge’ Heffelfinger is paid $500 to play a game in Pittsburgh. The 6′-3″, 200-pounder scores the only points in the Allegheny Athletic Association’s win over the Pittsburgh Athletic Club. Heffelfinger will go on to be a college football coach and mount an unsuccessful bid for US Congress.
1954 | Ellis Island closes its doors
Having processed about 12 million immigrants seeking entry to the US since it opened in 1892, Ellis Island shuts down operations. In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, the processing center will fall into disrepair but the main building will be restored and will reopen in 1990 to host a museum of immigration.
1969 | Journalist Seymour Hersh breaks the My Lai massacre story
Freelance reporter Seymour Hersh breaks the story of a massacre in a Vietnamese village where hundreds of civilians were gunned down by US troops. The story of the horrific act and its subsequent cover-up gets widespread coverage and will help erode US public support for the Vietnam War.

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Arne Petterson, the last immigrant to leave Ellis Island, waves from the ferry on November 12, 1954 (© AP)(1954) Ellis Island closes its doors
Having processed about 12 million immigrants seeking entry to the US since it opened in 1892, Ellis Island shuts down operations. In the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, the processing center will fall into disrepair but the main building will be restored and will reopen in 1990 to host a museum of immigration.
Ellis Island, in Upper New York Bay, was the gateway for over 12 million immigrants to the United States as the nation's busiest immigrant inspection station for over sixty years from 1892 until 1954. The island was greatly expanded with land reclamation between 1892 and 1934. Before that, the much smaller original island was the site of Fort Gibson and later a naval magazine. The island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965 and has hosted a museum of immigration since 1990.
Website: www.libertyellisfoundation.org
Address: 17 Battery Pl Ste 210, New York, NY 10004
Phone: (212) 561-4588
Established: Jan 01, 1892
Managed by: National Park Service

Ellis Island map
Ellis Island's location in Upper New York Bay

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Today in History 08/23 (World Wide Web)

Tim Berners-Lee, director of the World Wide Web Consortium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1998 (© Elise Amendola/AP)(1991) Tim Berners-Lee weaves a worldwide wonder
British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee’s proposal for a ‘hypertext project’ comes to fruition at the CERN laboratories in Switzerland with the help of Belgian computer scientist Robert Cailliau, and now the ‘World Wide Web’ is opened to outside users.
The World Wide Web is a global information medium which users can read and write via computers connected to the Internet. The term is often mistakenly used as a synonym for the Internet itself, but the Web is a service that operates over the Internet, just as e-mail also does. The history of the Internet dates back significantly further than that of the World Wide Web. Web is the global information system.
This NeXT workstation (a NeXTcube) was used by Tim Berners-Lee as the first Web server on the World Wide Web.
This NeXT workstation (a NeXTcube) was used by Tim Berners-Lee as the first Web server on the World Wide Web. It is shown here as displayed in 2005 at Microcosm, the public science museum at CERN (where Berners-Lee was working in 1991 when he invented the Web).
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(1991) Tim Berners-Lee weaves a worldwide wonder.
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1305 | Scotland’s brave-hearted leader William Wallace is put to death in London execution
After many victories over the English during his time fighting the Wars of Scottish Independence, Commander William Wallace has been defeated at the Battle of Falkirk, turned over to the English by Scottish knights, convicted of treason, and is now hanged, drawn, and quartered in London.
1942 | Battle of Stalingrad that will turn the tide of WWII begins
Hitler’s Sixth Army is poised to enter Stalingrad as the Nazi Luftwaffe begins bombing the Soviet city. This opening salvo to what some call the bloodiest battle in history will lead to the destruction of the Sixth Army, and the loss of some 2 million lives before the five-month onslaught is over.
1973 | ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ a bond forms between captives and captor
After police arrive, a bank robbery at Kreditbanken, in central Stockholm, turns into a hostage-taking and siege. Hostages will later tell of being more terrified of police activity than anything else, and the term ‘Stockholm Syndrome’ will be coined to explain the bond the captives felt with their captors.

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A Soviet soldier waves a flag during the Battle of Stalingrad, circa 1942 (© Hulton Archive/Getty Images)(1942) Battle that will turn the tide of WWII begins
Hitler's Sixth Army is poised to enter Stalingrad as the Nazi Luftwaffe begins bombing the Soviet city. This opening salvo to what some call the bloodiest battle in history will lead to the destruction of the Sixth Army, and the loss of some 2 million lives before the five-month onslaught is over.
The Battle of Stalingrad was a major battle of World War II in which Nazi Germany and its allies fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad in Southern Russia.
Start date: Aug 23, 1942
End date: Feb 02, 1943
German Summer Offensive, 24 July-18 November
The German advance to Stalingrad between 24 July and 18 November

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