May 17

On May 17th, 2009, the popular game Minecraft was first released. May 17 is Minecraft’s birthday. On this day you celebrate the game created by Notch (Markus Alexej Persson), partially designed by Jeb_ and released by Mojang.

Minecraft veteran: Guys it’s May 17! It’s Minecraft’s birthday today, no matter what Microsoft says.
Newbie: What do you mean? Minecraft has always been Microsoft’s.
Minecraft Veteran: No, Mojang made Minecraft. Today is the day to celebrate it’s release.

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