June 8: Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, inventor of the WWW, was born on this date


	June 8: Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, inventor of the WWW, was born on this date

egsnyder

6-6-2008 7:18 PM

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egsnyder says:

Mark your calendars! Send him a card!

Sir Timothy Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, will be 53 on Sunday, June 8th, 2008.

More about the history of the web here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_World_Wide_Web.

Berners-Lee is a real person, accessible through his website at: http://www.w3.org/People/Berners-Lee/

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6-7-2008 5:16 AM

NS-Clips

Happy birthday Sir Timothy!

6-9-2008 8:17 PM

ofcapri

Happy Birthday and

6-9-2008 8:19 PM

ofcapri

Thanks Sir Timothy!

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