When did the following event happen?

Tim Berners-Lee invents the World Wide Web at CERN.

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Beginning of Time

1991

The Soviet Union disintegrates into 15 separate countries, reformulating political, economic, and military alliances all over the globe.

Present Day

Note: BCE means that the date is the number of years before the current era (CE/AD).
c. is short for 'circa' and indicates that the date is considered approximate.

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