Valentines day

YouTube was birthed on valentines day in 2005 by Chad Hurley, Steve Chen, and Jawed Karim. Since then it has been home to many videos, mostly those of cats, which I am totally okay with. Because who doesn't love cat videos

But it wasn't until April 23rd of the same year that a video was first uploaded to YouTube. It was a 19 second video of the above mentioned Karim at the zoo.

The first advertiser to embrace YouTube was Nike in October of 2005. In October of 2006 YouTube was bought for 1.65 billion dollars by Google, because Google wants to own the whole internet. In July of 2007 CNN aired the presidential debate for the first time on YouTube. That to me is the most important milestone of YouTube. Because it shows that YouTube isn't just for cat videos any more its a place where you can go to learn.