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Tim Berners-Lee

Born on June 8, 1955

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72nd anniversary next

The 72nd anniversary falls on June 8, 2027, in 226 days.

Computer scientist who invented the World Wide Web while working at CERN.

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1991

World Wide Web Goes Public

Tim Berners-Lee publicly announces the World Wide Web project and makes it available outside CERN.

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