4serendipity - 3:24 pm on Jan 6, 2003 (gmt 0)

Yep, SavvySearch was one of the first metas.

Dally Sullivan in a SearchDay article [searchenginewatch.com] even hints that it may have been the first. (Danny claims that it has been around since March 1995, although most other source I found listed the launch as May 1995 )

Another good link with a number of search engine launch dates that I've found is The Major Search Engines at Timeline [timelinecommunications.com]