ICANN's creation was announced publicly on September 17, 1998, and it formally came into being on September 30, 1998, incorporated in the U.S. state of California.
Pembentukan ICANN diumumkan secara terbuka pada tanggal 17 September 1998 dan resmi berbadan hukum di California, Amerika Serikat, pada tanggal 30 September 1998.