1963- Doug Engelbart invents and patents the first computer mouse.

The American Standard Code for Information Interchange is developed to standardize data exchange among computers.

1967- IBM creates the first floppy disk.

1968- Robert Noyce and Gordon Moore co-found Intel Corp., which will be known for the microprocessor.

1969- The U.S. Department of Defense sets up the ARPAnet, a network able to withstand partial destruction from bombs or other disasters and still function. 
This was the Internet in its fledging stage.