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29 January in internet history

Things that can be dated to 29 January: the day something was posted, a record that changed hands, an event research has pinned to a date. Every entry links to where it was read.

Nothing this archive holds can be dated to 29 January. That is a statement about what has been researched so far, not about the day.

Also around this weekWithin three days

These did not happen on 29 January. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.

  1. During the GameStop squeeze Musk tweets “Gamestonk!!”, and the shares rise 157 per cent in after-hours trading. Stonks Wikipedia — Meme Man

  2. The shares close up 92.7 per cent in a day. Elon Musk’s tweet “Gamestonk!!” follows. The GameStop short squeeze Wikipedia — GameStop short squeeze

  3. Its Discord server is banned, and the forum itself is closed to outsiders for about an hour. r/wallstreetbets Wikipedia — r/wallstreetbets

  4. Yahoo! announces it will buy GeoCities for 3.57 billion US dollars in stock. GeoCities Wikipedia — GeoCities

  5. Egypt, having blocked Facebook and Twitter, is reported to have cut off the internet altogether. Social media and the Arab Spring Wikipedia — Social media and the Arab Spring

  6. Sales of Sanders’s own sweatshirt of the picture are reported to have raised at least 1.8 million dollars for charity. Bernie Sanders' mittens Wikipedia — Bernie Sanders mittens meme

  7. The shares reach 483 dollars, having opened the month at 17.25. The trading app Robinhood stops its customers buying them. The GameStop short squeeze Wikipedia — GameStop short squeeze

  8. A user called Momomomo uploads a cover of the song using a different synthesised voice. Nyan Cat Wikipedia — Nyan Cat

  9. George Miller uploads a comedy sketch, as his character Pink Guy, set to the track. Harlem Shake Wikipedia — Harlem Shake (meme)

  10. The forum is founded. r/wallstreetbets Wikipedia — r/wallstreetbets

  11. Facebook, having licensed the drawings, adds them to Messenger with an animated head-banging bird. Trash Doves Wikipedia — Trash Doves

  12. The New York Times Company buys it, for a price in the low seven figures. Wordle Wikipedia — Wordle

  13. The company is founded. Tenor Wikipedia — Tenor (website)

  14. Two dancers in shark costumes flank Katy Perry during Teenage Dream and California Gurls. The one on the left is out of time with the other. Left Shark Wikipedia — Left Shark

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