22 years ago

The company called Symbolics registered their domain name www.symbolics.com. The business has since been sold to another company that is developing and perpetuating the product line but Symbolics has a unique distinction. They were the first domain to ever have registered. Here is a list of the first one hundred domain name registries. Here are the first fourteen:

1. 15-Mar-1985 SYMBOLICS.COM
2. 24-Apr-1985 BBN.COM
3. 24-May-1985 THINK.COM
4. 11-Jul-1985 MCC.COM
5. 30-Sep-1985 DEC.COM
6. 07-Nov-1985 NORTHROP.COM
7. 09-Jan-1986 XEROX.COM
8. 17-Jan-1986 SRI.COM
9. 03-Mar-1986 HP.COM
10. 05-Mar-1986 BELLCORE.COM
11. 19-Mar-1986 IBM.COM
12. 19-Mar-1986 SUN.COM
13. 25-Mar-1986 INTEL.COM
14. 25-Mar-1986 TI.COM

Boeing is #26, Fluke #32, Alcoa #40. A cool corporate legacy. Hat tip to Jottings.