Timeline
- Oct 1984:
.com, .org, .edu, .gov, .mil
- Jan 1985:
.net
- Nov 1988:
.int
- Feb 1997:
.arts, .firm, .info, .nom, .rec, .store, .web proposed by IAHC
- Sep 1998: ICANN created
- Nov 2000:
.aero, .biz, .coop, .info, .museum, .name, .pro selected by ICANN
- Jun 2001:
.biz, .info, .museum activated (added to root server)
- Nov 2001:
.biz live
- Jan 2002:
.coop, .museum activated (added to root server)
- May 2002:
.name activated (added to root server)
- ??? 2002:
.aero activated (added to root server)
- Mar 2004:
.asia, .cat, .jobs, .mobi, .tel, .travel, .xxx, .post, .mail, .tel (2) proposed
- Jun 2004:
.name fully operational
- ??? ????:
.asia, .cat, .jobs, .mobi, .tel, .travel approved by ICANN
- Mar 2011:
.xxx approved by ICANN
- ??? 2012:
.post introduced
ccTLDs
- Jul 1985:
.uk
- Dec 1986:
.fi
- Oct 1990:
.cs (disabled in 1993, split into .cz and .sk)
- ??? 1995:
.ca, .va