The site was initially only available to other CERN staff, but it became accessible to anyone with an internet connection the following year.

The thing you're staring at on your phone or computer right now all started 34 years ago today. For better, and sometimes for worse, the internet has changed all of our lives, and one of the most significant dates in its creation was December 20, 1990. It was on that day that English computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee set the first website and server live. It's hard to imagine he could have realized how much this would change the course of history.