This Month In History

History Marianne

It’s easy to point to Second Life's birthday as the big thing in June, but did you know that what we call "The birthday of Second Life" isn't a birthday?

Amid much fanfare, Second Life left its beta on the 23rd of June, 2003. The world had actually welcomed its first Resident, Steller Sunshine, in March of 2002, and the world existed earlier than that merely in Linden hands.

So technically, the 23rd of June would be our 16th anniversary of the day Second Life left beta, or maybe the 17 1/2 or so anniversary of when Second Life entered beta. It's really hard to say!

Reporter Marianne McCann

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