So, I am no history expert, but I am interested in the history of the communication source I use all the time: Email.
A quick browse across the internet has led me to the year 1971.
“In 1971, Ray Tomlinson developed the first ARPANET email application…he chose the "commercial at" symbol to combine the user and host names, providing the naturally meaningful notation "user@host" that is the standard for email…”
1971 was 16 years before I was born. 
What happened in 1971?
· End of the Gold Standard for American Currency
· Bangladesh is created
· Disney World Opens
· Voting Age Lowered To 18
· Debut of Southwest Airlines
· A new stock market index called the NASDAQ
I guess email should be added to the list.
We have been seeing email out there for a long time now. Granted, it has changed a little bit since day 1.
Today, ExactTarget has a powerful, industry-leading, one-to-one email marketing application that allows companies to build specific, relevant, and professional-looking emails for their customers—those who have opted in.
Kyle Schroeder
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