On Oct. 29, 1969, @UCLA students and Professor Leonard Kleinrock sent the first-ever electronic message to scientists 350 miles away. In that moment: UCLA became the birthplace of the Internet. #ResearchPowersProgress @UCLAengineering pic.twitter.com/pNbVda8cHL
— Julio Frenk (@UCLAchancellor) October 29, 2025