Famous Nights · 29 October 1969

The night the internet said its first word

«The first word was LO»

29 October 1969, 10:30 pm, Los Angeles. A student at UCLA typed L, then O — and the computer at Stanford Research Institute crashed before the G. 'LO' was the first message ever sent over the ARPANET, the network that became the internet. Every star in its true position. What's your night?

Los Angeles, California · 29 October 1969 · 22:30 local · 34.0689° N · 118.4452° W

Now map your own night — from £34.99 Set to this famous sky below — or map your own date and place in two taps.

The night the internet said its first word — star map art print

The short film

Eight seconds over Los Angeles.

The era scene is an AI reconstruction. The sky above it is not — every star is computed from astronomical data for 29 October 1969, 22:30 local time.

Your turn

Make it your night.

Below, the map is set to this famous sky. Start fresh with your own date and place — the night you met, a birthday, a wedding — from £34.99. Or keep this historic sky as a print.

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