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2012 Event - Jon Lord, an English composer and pianist and co-founder of the heavy rock group, Deep Purple, dies after suffering a pulmonary embolism

2012 Event - Co-founder of Yahoo!, Jerry Yang, resigns from the position of chief executive officer

2011 Event - American innovator, businessman, co-founder and longtime CEO of Apple Inc., dies of pancreatic cancer at the age of 56

2001 Death - William Hewlett, "started an early ""garage"" company", co-founder of Hewlett-Packard, dies at 87

1997 Death - Masaru Ibuka, co-founder (Sony Corp), dies at 89

1997 Event - Apple Computer Inc names co-founder Steve Jobs temporary CEO

1996 Death - Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder (Collet's bookshop), dies at 104

1995 Death - Manuel Rivera, Spanish painter/co-founder (El Paso), dies at 67

1994 Death - Frankie Kennedy, Irish flute player, tin whistle player, co-founder of the band Altan, dies at 38 of Ewing's sarcoma, in Northern Ireland

1994 Death - Kalman Kahana, Polish co-founder of state Israel, dies at 81

1994 Death - Pieter C Buitendijk, co-founder (Free Netherlands), dies at 92

1993 Death - Sanzo Nosaka, co-founder of Japanese Communist Party (1922), dies

1993 Death - Assad Saftawi, Palestinian co-founder of al-Fatah, murdered at 58

1993 Death - Luis Kutner, U.S. co-founder (Amnesty International), dies at 84

1992 Death - Herman Musaph, psychiatrist/sexologist/co-founder (NVSH), dies

1991 Death - Sallah Kharaf, Abu Iyad, co-founder (Al-Fatah), assassinated

1990 Death - Jan H de Groot, Dutch co-founder (Vrij Nederland), dies

1987 Death - E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/co-founder (Trouw, Loyal), dies

1985 Death - Samuel Frith, English co-founder of soccer team (Bradford City), dies

1977 Birthday - Ludacris, born in Atlanta, Georgia, rapper, actor, co-founder, 'Disturbing the Peace' sold 14 million albums worldwide

1973 Birthday - Sergey Brin, born in Moscow, Soviet Union, computer scientist, Google co-founder, speaker, National Academy of Engineering inductee

1973 Death - Hakuun Yasutani, Zen teacher/co-founder (Sanbo Kyodan), dies

1973 Birthday - Larry Page, born in East Lansing, Michigan, computer scientist, Google co-founder, named a Global Leader of Tomorrow by the World Economic Forum

1972 Death - John A H J S Bruins Slot, co-founder/editor in chief (illegal), dies

1971 Death - Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder (Plough), dies at 86

1970 Birthday - John Carmack, born in Roeland Park, Kansas, game programmer, co-founder of id Software, lead programmer for computer games, 'Quake', 'Doom', 'Commander Keen' series

1967 Birthday - John Romero, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, game designer, programmer, co-founder of id Software, games include 'Dangerous Dave', 'Quake', Wolfenstein 3D'

1967 Birthday - Andrew Shue, born in Wilmington, Delaware, actor, played Billy Campbell on Melrose Place television series, co-founder of social networking site, CafeMom

1965 Death - Adriaan F Dussenbroek, Dutch doctor/co-founder (UNA), dies at 72

1964 Birthday - John Norum, born in Vardo, Norway, musician, hard rock guitarist, co-founder of Swedish band Europe

1964 Birthday - Rachel Bolan, born in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, born James Southworth, bass player, songwriter and co-founder of metal band, Skid Row

1963 Death - Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (Stijl), dies at 73

1963 Death - Jacobus JP Old, architect/co-founder (The Style), dies at 73

1960 Death - Richard Simon, co-founder (Simon and Shuster), dies

1959 Death - Tim Mara, co-founder of NFL's New York Giants, dies

1958 Birthday - Steve Case, born in McLean, Virginia, co-founder and chief executive officer of America Online, AOL, founder of Revolution LLC holding, chairman of the Case Foundation

1957 Death - Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder (Sturm), dies at 78

1955 Birthday - Frankie Kennedy, born in Belfast, Ireland, Irish flute player, tin whistle player, co-founder of the band Altan

1955 Birthday - Steve Jobs, co-founder, Apple Computer

1953 Birthday - Alex Grey, born in Columbus, Ohio, sacred, visionary, psychedelic artist, co-founder, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, author of 'Zig Zag Zen: Buddhism and Psychedelics'

1953 Birthday - Paul Allen, born in Seattle, Washington, co-founder of Microsoft with Bill Gates, worth $10 billion, 'Time' magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World

1951 Birthday - Johnny Ramone [Cummings], guitarist/co-founder, Ramones

1950 Birthday - Steve Wozniak, co-founder, Apple Computers

1950 Death - Isaiah Bowman, geographer/co-founder (Geographical Review), dies at 71

1948 Birthday - 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 Death - 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 Death - Willem H Fly, typographer/co-founder (SDAP), dies at 84

1947 Birthday - Peter Hinchcliffe, co-founder, Iceland Frozen Foods

1946 Birthday - Barbara Benary, born in America, composer, co-founder, Gamelan Son of Lion, New York City repertory ensemble, composes theater music, chamber music

1944 Birthday - Ursula Oppens, New York City, pianist/co-founder, Speculum Musicae-NYC

1943 Death - Beatrice Webb, sociologist, reformer, economist, co-authored 'History of Trade Unionism', 1894, co-founder of 'New Statesman' magazine, dies at age 85, in Liphook, England

1940 Birthday - Dary John Mizelle, born in Stillwater, Oklahoma, composer, co-founder SOURCE magazine, works include, SPANDA Symphonies of Sound, 2006

1939 Death - William J Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder Mayo Clinic, dies at 78

1939 Death - Charles H Mayo, U.S. surgeon/co-founder (Mayo Clinic), dies at 74

1938 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Yvonne Fedderson, co-founder, Childhelp USA

1935 Birthday - Gordon Mumma, born in Framingham, Massachusetts, composer, musician, co-founder, the Cooperative Studio for Electronic Music, Ann Arbor, Michigan

1934 Birthday - 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 Birthday - David McTaggart, co-founder, Greenpeace

1930 Birthday - Shirley Williams, co-founder, Social Democratic Party, labour minister

1926 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Oliver Tambo, co-founder, African National Congress

1917 Birthday - Robert Aitken, born in Philadelphia, Zen co-founder, Diamond Sangha

1916 Death - Franz Marc, German painter/co-founder (Blaue Reiter), killed at 36

1907 Birthday - Lucia Chase, U.S. ballerina/co-founder, American Ballet Theater

1907 Death - Henry Olcott, co-founder (Theosophical Society-Madras), dies

1907 Death - Henry Steel Olcott, U.S. co-founder (Theosophist Society), dies at 74

1905 Birthday - Maggie Kuhn, activist/co-founder, Gray Panthers

1904 Birthday - Mary Calderone, physician and president and co-founder of the SIECUS

1904 Birthday - E van Ruller, Dutch journalist/ARP-alderman/co-founder, Trouw

1904 Birthday - Sean MacBride, Dublin, statesman/Amnesty International co-founder, Nobel '74

1903 Birthday - Gerard "Ge" Nabrink, Dutch anarchist/co-founder, NVSH

1901 Birthday - Jan H de Groot, Dutch resistance fighter/co-founder, Free Netherlands

1900 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Kurt Schumacher, co-founder/president West German SDP

1895 Birthday - George S Halas, Papa Bear, end/coach, Bears, co-founder NFL

1893 Birthday - Adriaan F. Dussenbroek, Dutch family dr/co-founder, Union National Arubano

1892 Birthday - Brand Dirck Ochse, filmer/co-founder, Polygoon

1892 Birthday - Olive Netta Parsons, co-founder, Collet's Bookshop

1890 Birthday - Jacobus J P Oud, Dutch architect/co-founder, Stijl

1888 Birthday - Li Ta-chao, co-founder with Mao Tse-tung, Chinese Communist Party

1886 Birthday - Hugo Ball, German playwright/co-founder Flametti

1885 Birthday - Jan Altink, Dutch painter/co-founder, Ploeg

1883 Birthday - Jan Schouten, Dutch co-founder, Daily Trouw, chairman, ARP

1880 Death - 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 Birthday - Leon Jouhaux, born in France, socialist/co-founder UN's ILO, Nobel 1951

1878 Birthday - Isaiah Bowman, U.S., geography/co-founder, Geographical Review

1878 Birthday - Alfred Doblin, German/French author/co-founder of Sturm

1876 Birthday - Wilhelm Pieck, co-founder German Communist Party/president, 1949-60

1869 Birthday - Marcel Cachin, co-founder, French Communistic Party

1865 Birthday - Charles Horace Mayo, surgeon/co-founder, Mayo Clinic

1865 Birthday - Arthur Symons, Welsh poet, critic and co-founder Savoy

1862 Birthday - Willem H Vliegen, Dutch typographer/co-founder/chairman, SDAP

1861 Birthday - William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota

1858 Birthday - Beatrice Webb, born in Gloucester, England, sociologist, reformer, economist, co-authored 'History of Trade Unionism', 1894, co-founder of 'New Statesman' magazine

1854 Birthday - 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 Birthday - Francis Channing Barlow, U.S. lawyer/General-Major/co-founder, ABA

1832 Birthday - Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder, Theosophical Society

1829 Death - Auguste Chouteau, St. Louis co-founder, dies

1817 Birthday - Sajjid Ahmad Chan, Indian moslem leader/co-founder, Pakistan

1810 Birthday - Ole Bull, born in Bergen, Norway, famous violinist, virtuoso, compared to Niccolo Paganini, co-founder, Den Nationale Scene theater

1724 Birthday - John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist/co-founder, Society of It General

1707 Birthday - Charles Wesley, co-founder, Methodist movement

1703 Birthday - John B Wesley, England, religion co-founder, Methodists

1616 Death - Johan van de Veeken, merchant/co-founder (VOC), dies at 66

1559 Death - Kano Motonobu, Zen co-founder (Kano school of painting), dies at 83

1549 Birthday - Johan van der Veeken, merchant/co-founder, VOC

1476 Birthday - Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder, Kano school of painting

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