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2001 William Hewlett, "started an early ""garage"" company", co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, dies at 87
1997 Masaru Ibuka, co-founder (Sony Corp), dies at 89 1997 Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO 1996 Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104 1995 Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67 1994 Kalman Kahana, Polish co-founder of state Israel, dies at 81 1994 Pieter C Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92 1993 Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies 1993 Assad Saftawi, Palestinian co-founder of al-Fatah, murdered at 58 1993 Luis Kutner, U.S. co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at 84 1992 Herman Musaph, psychiatrist/sexologist/co-founder (NVSH), dies 1991 Sallah Kharaf, Abu Iyad, co-founder (Al-Fatah), assassinated 1990 Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies 1987 E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal), dies 1985 Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies 1973 Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies 1972 John A H J S Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal), dies 1971 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Plough), dies at 86 1965 Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72 1964 John Norum, born in Vardo, Norway, musician, hard rock guitarist, co-founder of Swedish band Europe 1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73 1963 Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73 1960 Richard Simon, co-founder (Simon and Shuster), dies 1959 Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's New York Giants, dies 1957 Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78 1955 Steve Jobs, co-founder, Apple Computer 1951 Johnny Ramone [Cummings], guitarist/co-founder, Ramones 1950 Steve Wozniak, co-founder, Apple Computers 1950 Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71 1948 Shakti Gawain, author, personal development expert, environmentalist, wrote series of successful books, including 'Creative Visualization' and 'Creating True Prosperity', books have sold over 10 million copies, co-founder, New World Library Publishing Company 1948 Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man', dies 1947 Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84 1947 Peter Hinchcliffe, co-founder, Iceland Frozen Foods 1946 Barbara Benary, born in America, composer, co-founder, Gamelan Son of Lion, New York City repertory ensemble, composes theater music, chamber music 1944 Ursula Oppens, New York City, pianist/co-founder, Speculum Musicae-NYC 1940 Dary John Mizelle, born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, composer, co-founder SOURCE magazine, works include, SPANDA Symphonies of Sound, 2006 1939 William J Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies at 78 1939 Charles H Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74 1938 Alvin Curran, born in Providence, Rhode Island, composer, professor at Mills College, co-founder of Musica Elettronica Viva, using electronic and environmental found sounds 1935 Yvonne Fedderson, co-founder, Childhelp USA 1935 Gordon Mumma, born in Framingham, Massachusetts, composer, musician, co-founder, the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan 1934 Ramon Sender, born in Madrid, Spain, composer, co-founder, San Francisco Tape Music Center, co-designed the first west coast synthesizer, the Buchla Box 1932 David McTaggart, co-founder, Greenpeace 1930 Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister 1926 Richard DeVos, born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, World War II veteran, businessman, author, billionaire, co-founder Amway - now Alticor, owner Orlando Magic, wrote 'Hope from My Heart: Ten Lessons For Life' 1917 Oliver Tambo, co-founder, African National Congress 1917 Robert Aitken, born in Philadelphia, Zen co-founder, Diamond Sangha 1916 Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36 1907 Lucia Chase, U.S. ballerina/co-founder, American Ballet Theater 1907 Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies 1907 Henry Steel Olcott, U.S. co-founder (Theosophist Society), dies at 74 1905 Maggie Kuhn, activist/co-founder, Gray Panthers 1904 E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/ARP-alderman/co-founder, Trouw 1904 Sean MacBride, Dublin, statesman/Amnesty International co-founder, Nobel '74 1903 Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/co-founder, NVSH 1901 Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder, Free Netherlands 1900 Karin Boye, born in Gothenburg, Sweden, born Karin Maria Boye, poet, novelist, co-founder of poetry magazine Spektrum, introduced T.S. Eliot to Swedish readers, best-known novel 'Kallocain' 1895 Kurt Schumacher, co-founder/president West German SDP 1895 George S Halas, Papa Bear, end/coach, Bears, co-founder NFL 1893 Adriaan F. Dussenbroek, Dutch family dr/co-founder, Union National Arubano 1892 Brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder, Polygoon 1892 Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder, Collet's Bookshop 1890 Jacobus J P Oud, Dutch architect/co-founder, Stijl 1888 Li Ta-chao, co-founder with Mao Tse-tung, Chinese Communist Party 1886 Hugo Ball, German playwright/co-founder Flametti 1885 Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder, Ploeg 1883 Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, chairman, ARP 1880 Ole Bull, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater, dies of cancer, at home on Lysoen island, extensive funeral procession had 15 steamers, other vessels, transporting his body 1879 Leon Jouhaux, born in France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO, Nobel 1951 1878 Isaiah Bowman, U.S., geography/co-founder, Geographical Review 1878 Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm 1876 Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/president, 1949-60 1869 Marcel Cachin, co-founder, French Communistic Party 1865 Charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder, Mayo Clinic 1865 Arthur Symons, Welsh poet, critic and co-founder Savoy 1862 Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman, SDAP 1861 William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota 1854 Charles Fillmore, born in St. Cloud, Minnesota, mystic, co-founder, Unity, a New Thought movement church, created metaphysical interpretations of the Bible, promoted idea that God is good, God is available, God is in you, wrote, 'The Twelve Powers of Man' 1834 Francis Channing Barlow, U.S. lawyer/General-Major/co-founder, ABA 1832 Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder, Theosophical Society 1829 Auguste Chouteau, St. Louis co-founder, dies 1817 Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder, Pakistan 1810 Ole Bull, born in Bergen, Norway, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater 1724 John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist/co-founder, Society of It General 1707 Charles Wesley, co-founder, Methodist movement 1703 John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder, Methodists 1616 Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66 1559 Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83 1549 Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder, VOC 1476 Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder, Kano school of painting |
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