First Domain Registered: Symbolics.com Launches the Web
Symbolics Inc. registered symbolics.com on March 15, 1985, becoming the very first entity to claim a dot-com address and effectively launching the commercial internet era. This single act transformed the web from a government research tool into a marketplace where businesses could establish their own digital identities, setting the stage for the global e-commerce explosion that followed.
March 15, 1985
41 years ago
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What Else Happened on March 15
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