Today is a day that should truly be celebrated, for 39 years ago today at the UCLA campus, the first computer-to-computer transmission was made.

Check out the first hand account (including IMP Logs) from Leonard Kleinrock and Charley Kline, who successfully managed to transmit a message over the ARPANET from the UCLA SDS Sigma 7 Host computer to the SRI SDS 940 Host computer at 22:30 hours on October 29, 1969.

The Day the Infant Internet Uttered It's First Words

The duo attempted to send the word "login," but only the 'l' and the 'o' made it before the system crashed. That's right, the first ever message on the Internet was "Lo!" The full "login" was successfully sent an hour later.

If it weren't for this special day, you might not be reading this now.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, INTERNET!!!