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August 7th, 1991 🌐
The birth of the internet.
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Today, we’re dialing the time machine to August 7th, 1991. What happened on this day 34 years ago paved the way for you to read this newsletter right now.
Thanks for reading On This Day! On to 1991. 🚀
August 7th, 1991 📆
On August 7, 1991, something quietly monumental happened: the World Wide Web became publicly available. Created by Tim Berners-Lee and his team at CERN, the web was originally designed to help scientists share research more easily. But this unassuming launch marked the beginning of a new digital era that would soon reshape how the world communicates, learns, shops, dates, argues, and shares cat videos.
Back then, the internet was mostly text, clunky, and only understood by a handful of tech-savvy folks. Berners-Lee posted the first website - a simple page explaining what the web was and how to use it. No ads, no pop-ups, no influencers. Just raw potential.
Little did anyone know that this early version of the web would snowball into a cultural and technological revolution. From social media to streaming, e-commerce to emojis, it all started with a single hyperlink on a summer day in 1991.
Curious what the first web page looked like? Check it out.
Take Me Back ⏮️
🎥 What we’re watching: The second (and final) season of Twin Peaks
🕹️ What we’re playing: Sonic the Hedgehog on Sega Genesis
📖 What we’re reading: The True Story of the 3 Little Pigs! by Jon Scieszka
🛒 What we’re buying: LA Gear sneakers thanks to Karl Malone
👦 Who we’re following: Jerry Seinfeld, and his show about nothing
🍔 What we’re eating: The all-new Fruit by the Foot
🎤 What we’re singing: “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You” by Bryan Adams
🥤 What we’re drinking: Gatorade because we wanted to Be Like Mike 👇
Just For Fun 🙃
Today in the sports world, the American 4×100m relay team set a new world record of 37.67 seconds in Zürich, Switzerland.
The team consisted of Carl Lewis, Mike Marsh, Leroy Burrell, and Dennis Mitchell. To put how fast this is into perspective, their average running speed during this race was 23.75 mph. 🤯
OOTD On This Day🧢
These boys from the 1991 Sears catalog were cooler than cool. Someone find me those pants on the left. Please.
Happy Birthday🎂
South African actress Charlize Theron turned 16 years old today. Just a few weeks earlier, Theron witnessed her mother shoot and kill her father in self-defense. Wild story.
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