15 October 1944 
Libra 
Steve Crocker,
Inventor,
United States
Before glory
As a graduate student at UCLA, he helped developed the protocols for Arpanet, the foundation for what became the internet.
About Steve Crocker
Inventor of the Request for Comments publications series who was one of the founding fathers of the modern internet. His first RFCs were a series of typewritten documents circulated among the computer scientist community in the late 1960s.
Family Life
He grew up in Pasadena, California.
Friends and colleagues
Douglas Engelbart was another influential figure in developing the modern internet.
Fast facts
He helped develop the protocols for the ARPANET, which was one of the first operational packet switching networks, and these rule laid the foundation for today's internet.
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