Lexis Nexis Launched

April 2, 1973:

Launch of the LexisNexis computerized legal research service.  At its inception in 1970, the database was named LEXIS by Mead Data Central (MDC), a subsidiary of the Mead Corporation. It was a continuation of an experiment organized by the Ohio State Bar in 1967. On April 2, 1973, LEXIS launched publicly, offering full-text searching of all Ohio and New York cases. In 1980, LEXIS completed its hand-keyed electronic archive of all U.S. federal and state cases. The NEXIS service, added that same year, gave journalists a searchable database of news articles.

LexisNexis is headquarted in Dayton (Miamisburg), and employs 3,400 people in the area.