June 24, 1993: Concert Goes Live on Net June 24, 2000: President Goes Live on Net

June 24: It’s the anniversary of two internet milestones: The geek band Severe Tire Damage performs the first live net concert on this date in 1993, and exactly seven years later Bill Clinton delivers the president’s weekend “radio address” by web for the first time.

1993: The internet was moving from military to mainstream, and from academic to pandemic. TheWorld Wide Webwas already up and running, and the growing legion of online habitués was ready for something more than pi a la modem.