NOTE FROM KIM:

Google has excerpted some especially memorable
articles and threads from their Usenet archive.

The Top 8 Unusual “Firsts”
in the Google Usenet Archive

8> May 3 1981 - From: AGore. Cool, now that I got this nifty inter-networking thing going, maybe Tipper will sleep with me

7> Jun 1 1983 16:45 GMT - First posting criticizing Scientology Jun 1 1983 16:46 GMT - Scientologists sue both Google and the author of the posting

6> Jul 8 1986 - 14-year-old Chuckie “Any Girls Here?” Freenbarger becomes the first and only teenage Internet user to ever successfully line up a date in a chatroom

5> Sep 12 1989 - First mention of AOL Sep 13 1989 - First pronouncement that AOL sucks

4> Aug 6 1991 - First World Wide Web site created Aug 7 1991 - First porn site created

3> May 13 1993 - First mention of Britney Spears May 15 1993 - First nude photos posted of Britney Spears

2> Apr 7 2028 - First statement of actual profit made by a dotcom start-up

and the Number 1 Unusual “First” in the Google Usenet Archive…

1> Oct 3 2377 - First posting in alt.science.time-travel.how-to

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Credits:

Selected from 37 submissions from 13 contributors.
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Doug Crews, San Diego, CA — 1, 4
Julie Kozaczka Stahlhut, Kalamazoo, MI — 2, 6
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 3
Matt Van Opens, Kenosha, WI — 5, 7
Jim (GWIII) Bannon, Westminster, MD — 8
Mark Zinck, Grand Rapids, MI — 8
Kim Moser, New York, NY — List Moderator