{
  "question": "Was today the anniversary of the internet?",
  "url": "https://was.today/the-anniversary-of-the-internet",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — the internet's birthday is October 29, when ARPANET said \"lo\" in 1969; that's 2 days away.",
  "details": [
    "First ARPANET message sent Oct 29, 1969, at 22:30",
    "Only 'lo' of 'login' made it before the crash",
    "2026 marks its 57th anniversary"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 27",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_27"
    },
    {
      "title": "Communications of the ACM",
      "url": "https://cacm.acm.org/news/celebrating-50-years-since-lo/"
    },
    {
      "title": "IEEE Xplore",
      "url": "https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/5534584#3"
    },
    {
      "title": "The New York Times",
      "url": "https://messaging-custom-newsletters.nytimes.com/dynamic/render?isViewInBrowser=true&uri=nyt%3A%2F%2Fnewsletter%2Fadd8323b-fc97-40e3-8ee0-ef85804b5d52"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-27",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/the-anniversary-of-the-internet/2026-10-27",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-27T08:48:55.712Z"
}