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A login attempt from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute. Two letters went through, then the system crashed.

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29 Oct 1969

First message on the ARPANET. A login attempt from UCLA to the Stanford Research Institute. Two letters went through, then the system crashed.

First message on the ARPANET involved the ARPANET, University of California, Los Angeles, the Stanford Research Institute and Leonard Kleinrock.

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