{
  "question": "Was today the day the first email was sent?",
  "url": "https://was.today/the-day-the-first-email-was-sent",
  "verdict": "no",
  "headline": "NO",
  "answer": "No — Ray Tomlinson sent the first network email in late 1971, not on October 25.",
  "details": [
    "First ARPANET email sent by Ray Tomlinson in 1971",
    "Tomlinson never recalled the exact date; often cited as October 1971",
    "The first message was probably \"QWERTYUIOP\" to himself"
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "Wikipedia: October 25",
      "url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_25"
    },
    {
      "title": "Azərtac",
      "url": "https://azertag.az/ru/xeber/ispolnilos_40_let_so_dnya_otpravki_pervogo_elektronnogo_pisma-757739#1"
    },
    {
      "title": "Internet Society",
      "url": "https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/internet-history/attachments/20191101/fbfe2474/attachment.htm"
    },
    {
      "title": "Internet Society",
      "url": "https://elists.isoc.org/pipermail/internet-history/2019-November/005688.html"
    }
  ],
  "date": "2026-10-25",
  "place": null,
  "permalink": "https://was.today/the-day-the-first-email-was-sent/2026-10-25",
  "scope": "global",
  "volatile": false,
  "generatedAt": "2026-10-25T08:14:33.437Z"
}