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First online appearance of the name "Minecraft"

First online appearance of the name
Who
14 May 2009
What
First
Where
Not Applicable
When
14 May 2009
Inspired by the webcomic The Order of the Stick, Minecraft creator Markus “Notch” Persson initially intended to call his creation Minecraft: Order of the Stone. But eventually he dropped the subtitle and announced the shorter name on 14 May 2009, just prior to the game’s alpha release.