360What happened in 1989?
10 moments from 1989 on 360n60, each told in 60 words or fewer.
- History · March 1989
Tim Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web
In March 1989, the British scientist Tim Berners-Lee, working at CERN in Switzerland, proposed a system for sharing information using linked documents. It became the World Wide Web. The first website went online in 1991, and in 1993 CERN made the technology free for all, letting the web grow to billions of users.
- History · 9 November 1989
The Berlin Wall falls
On the night of 9 November 1989, East Germany opened its border crossings, and crowds poured through the Berlin Wall, which had divided the city since 1961. People celebrated on top of the wall and began chipping pieces away. Less than a year later, on 3 October 1990, Germany was reunified.
- On this day · 12 March 1989
Tim Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web
In March 1989, the British scientist Tim Berners-Lee, working at CERN near Geneva, wrote a proposal for linking documents across computers. His manager called it 'vague but exciting'. It became the World Wide Web, and 12 March is celebrated as the web's birthday.
- On this day · 9 November 1989
The Berlin Wall falls
On the night of 9 November 1989, East Germany opened its border crossings, and crowds poured through the Berlin Wall, which had divided the city since 1961. People celebrated on top of the wall. Less than a year later, on 3 October 1990, Germany was reunified.
- 1989 · from The 20th century: flight, world wars and the digital age
World Wide Web proposed
- 9 November 1989 · from Germany is reunified
The Berlin Wall opens
- March 1989 · from Tim Berners-Lee proposes the World Wide Web
Proposal written
- 9 November 1989 · from The Berlin Wall falls
Border opens
- 1989 · from The 1980s: the first Arab in space and the personal computer
Berlin Wall falls; Web proposed
- 1989 · from NASA launches the two Voyager spacecraft
Voyager 2 passes Neptune