Technology · August 6, 1991

World Wide Web Goes Public

Name: World Wide Web Goes Public
Start: 1991-08-06
Location: CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

35 years ago · CERN, Geneva, Switzerland

35th anniversary

Tim Berners-Lee publicly announces the World Wide Web project and makes it available outside CERN.

The 36th anniversary falls on August 6, 2027.

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b. 1955

Tim Berners-Lee

Computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN.

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1928–1987

Andy Warhol

Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist and filmmaker. Widely regarded as the most important artist of the second half of the 20th century, Warhol's practice spanned various media, including painting, filmmaking, photography, publishing, and performance art.

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1881–1955

Alexander Fleming

Sir Alexander Fleming (6 August 1881 – 11 March 1955) was a Scottish physician and microbiologist. He shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Howard Florey and Ernst Chain "for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases".

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1809–1892

Alfred Tennyson

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (6 August 1809 – 6 October 1892) was an English poet. He was Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom during much of Queen Victoria's reign.

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b. 1983

Robin van Persie

Robin van Persie (Dutch pronunciation:; born 6 August 1983) is a Dutch football coach and former professional footballer. He last served as the head coach of Eredivisie club Feyenoord.

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