print email comment close Google Groups: 20 Year Usenet Timeline URL: http://www.google.com/googlegroups/archive_announce_20.html Description: A timeline of "especially memorable articles and threads" in Usenet discussion groups from 1981 forward, compiled from several significant Usenet archival resources. Includes first mentions of MTV and Star Wars, early references to emoticons, the first thread about AIDS, and more. Publisher: Google Library of Congress Subject Headings: Electronic discussion groups Internet -- History Usenet (Computer network) LII Database Information: Record 10407 created by Karen Schneider on 01/10/2005 Last modification on 01/12/2005 Published: 01/10/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10407