{
  "question": "Was today email's birthday?",
  "url": "https://was.today/emails-birthday",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — email was born in October 1971, 55 years ago, and nobody knows the exact day.",
  "details": [
    "Ray Tomlinson sent the first network email in October 1971",
    "He picked the @ symbol for addresses",
    "The exact date was never recorded"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Postmaster @ Yahoo & AOL",
      "url": "https://blog.postmaster.yahooinc.com/post/666382194282053632/happy-birthday-email-a-love-letter"
    },
    {
      "title": "Postmaster @ Yahoo & AOL",
      "url": "https://blog.postmaster.yahooinc.com/tagged/50yrsofemail"
    },
    {
      "title": "| • 1971 Ray Tomlinson develops an annual application for new live ARPAN (1990)",
      "url": "http://archive.org/download/gov.uscourts.mad.185980/gov.uscourts.mad.185980.31.4.pdf#5#9#5"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-26",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/emails-birthday/2026-10-26",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-26T10:41:29.671Z"
}