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30 January in internet history

Things that can be dated to 30 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.

What is dated to this day30 January

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

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

Also around this weekWithin three days

These did not happen on 30 January. They are shown because the day itself is thin, and each one carries its own date.

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

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

  3. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

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

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

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

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

  10. 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

  11. The first street protest, by about 150 people in Orlando. Project Chanology Wikipedia — Project Chanology

  12. Five Australian teenagers, posting as The Sunny Coast Skate, upload the version that sets the format. Harlem Shake Wikipedia — Harlem Shake (meme)

  13. The picture reaches Twitter. Distracted boyfriend Wikipedia — Distracted boyfriend

  14. The channel reaches ten million subscribers. Lofi Girl Wikipedia — Lofi Girl

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