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2012 Event - The United Kingdom plans to create new private and public sector universities; these will be the first universities the country has created in decades

2012 Event - The U.S. Justice Department's inspector general reports that Operation Fast and Furious created a 'significant danger to public safety''; the investigation states Attorney General Eric Holder had no prior knowledge of the operation

2012 Event - A truth commission created by Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff convenes to investigate the country's military dictatorship

2012 Event - A temporary fix to the Internet Doomsday virus created by the Federal Bureau of Investigation expires, causing thousands of computer users across the globe to lose Internet access

2011 Event - In England, two men who created a Facebook site to incite violence during the riots are sentenced to four years imprisonment

2010 Event - The world's biggest airline is created when United Airlines shareholders approve a deal to merge with Continental Airlines

2010 Event - Scientists at the Craig J. Venter Institute announce they have successfully created the world's first artificial lifeform by transplanting a synthesized genome into an existing cell

2009 Event - A large amount of space debris is created when a Russan and American satellite collide over Siberia

2008 Event - Claudia Castillo has a successful trachea transplant from stem-cell created organ

2002 Death - Denys Fisher, inventor, created the Spirograph, dies at 84

2002 Death - Pat Weaver, TV innovator, created the Today Show, dies at 93

2000 Death - Roger Vadim, director, And God Created Woman, dies at 72

1999 Death - Lionel Bart, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver!, dies at 68

1999 Death - Harry Rossoll, illustrator, created Smokey Bear, dies at 89

1996 Death - Bill Monroe, bluegrass vocalist (created bluegrass music), dies at 84

1994 Death - Warwick Hutton, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen, dies at 55 of cancer in Cambridge, England

1994 Death - Franco Moschino, fashion designer, created colorful, provocative designs poking fun at the fashion establishment, dies of a heart attack at age 44

1991 Event - World's Largest Burrito created at 1,126 lbs

1991 Death - Dominic Bellissimo, created buffalo chicken wings, dies at 68

1986 Event - It's revealed Andrew Wyeth had, secretly created 240 drawings and paintings of his neighbor Helga Testorf, in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania

1984 Death - Rosser Reeves, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby, dies

1980 Event - Supreme Court rules new forms of life created in labs could be patented

1979 Event - European Monetary System is established, ECU created

1979 Birthday - David Lopez, Queens, New York, actor, and God Created Women, Ghostwriter

1978 Event - Garfield, created by Jim Davis, 1st appears as a comic strip

1972 Event - Golden Gate National Recreation Area created

1972 Birthday - Shinjiro Otani, born in Yamaguchi City, Japan, professional wrestler, WCW World Cruiserweight Champion, created Pro Wrestling ZERO-ONE with Shinya Hashimoto, acting president of ZERO1

1969 Birthday - Rick Mercer, born in St. John's, Canada, comedian, satirist, television personality, created television show, 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes', trademark routine titled, 'Talking to Americans'

1969 Event - Chilean Association of Librarians created

1968 Birthday - Rasmus Lerdorf, born in Qeqertarsuaq, Greenland, created PHP programming language, Open Source conference speaker, contributed to Apache HTTP Server

1967 Event - DNA created in a test tube

1966 Event - Indian Haryana state created from Punjab; Chandigarh terr created

1965 Event - Kellogg's Pop Tarts pastries created

1964 Event - GI Joe character created

1963 Event - CIA Domestic Operations Division created

1962 Birthday - Michelle Shocked, born in Dallas, Texas, singer, songwriter, political activist, created label, Mighty Sound, song 'When I Grow Up' featured in an ad for Kaiser Permanente

1960 Birthday - Chuck D, born in Roosevelt, New York, rapper, author, leader, Public Enemy, created politically, socially conscious rap music, focused on hip hop genre, albums include, 'Yo! Bum Rush the Show', 'Fear of a Black Planet'

1960 Birthday - Mark Burnett, born in London, England, television producer, creator of based reality television to the U.S., created shows, 'Survivor' and 'The Apprentice'

1958 Event - Recording Industry Association of American created

1956 Event - Photography begins on "... and God Created Women"

1954 Birthday - Gary Wilmot, born in Lambeth, London, actor, impressionist, singer, comedian, created role of Elliot Garfield in 'The Goodbye Girl' by Neil Simon

1954 Birthday - Michael W. Butler, computer programmer, created TODAY program

1953 Event - Department of Health, Education and Welfare created

1953 Birthday - Jules Shear, born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, musician, singer, performed with The Funky Kings, Raisins in the Sun, created, hosted, first 13 episodes of MTV series, Unplugged, song, All Through the Night, recorded by Cyndi Lauper, ranked number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100, co-wrote title track for Everything's Different Now album, with Matthew Sweet

1952 Event - Commonwealth of Puerto Rico created (Constitution Day)

1952 Birthday - Dominic Muldowney, born in Southampton, England, composer, created television, film scores for Loose Connections, King Lear, radio work, theater music, created large-scale oboe concerto, versatile has created music for David Bowie, Royal Academy of Music teacher

1951 Birthday - Dean Kamen, born in Rockville Centre, New York, inventor, entrepreneur, created the Segway, the AutoSyringe - a mobile dialysis system, and the insulin pump

1950 Event - Telephone Answering Machine created by Bell Laboratories

1950 Birthday - Gary Larson, born in Tacoma, Washington, cartoonist, created and published the single-panel comic strip, Far Side

1950 Birthday - Franco Moschino, born in Abbiategrasso, Italy, fashion designer, created colorful, provocative designs poking fun at the fashion establishment

1949 Death - G. I. Gurdjieff, mystic, spiritual teacher, created 'The Work' idea, representing work on oneself, also called, the Fourth Way, dies at age 83, Neuilly-sur-Seine, France

1949 Event - Federal Republic of [West] Germany created under 3-power occupation

1949 Birthday - James Sempill, born in Scotland, born James William Stuart Whitemore Sempill, Lord Sempill, 21st Lord Sempill, Peerage of Scotland, created in 1489 for Sir John Sempill

1949 Birthday - Mike Batt, born in Southampton, England, singer, composer, arranger, producer, helped created ecologically sensitive fictional creatures, The Wombles, wrote hit 'Bright Eyes'

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

1948 Event - Indian territory of Himachal Pradesh created

1947 Event - U.S. Department of Army created

1947 Birthday - Bill Fontana, born in Cleveland, Ohio, composer, sound art pioneer, created sounds sculptures in 1976, using urban surroundings as a source of musical information, to evoke visual imagery

1945 Birthday - John Lodge, born in Birmingham, England, musician, singer, songwriter, bass guitar player, member of The Moody Blues rock band, created songs 'Candle of Life', 'Eyes of a Child', 'Send Me No Wine'

1943 Birthday - Burt Rutan, born in Estacada, Oregon, Elbert Leander Burt Rutan, inventor, aerospace engineer, created the Voyager, the first plane to fly around the world without stopping or refueling, and SpaceShipOne, which entered space two times in fourteen days

1943 Event - Women's Marine Corps created

1942 Event - National War Labor Board created

1942 Event - U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff created

1941 Event - U.S. Office of Censorship created to control info pertaining to WW II

1940 Birthday - Pete Brown, born in Ashtead, England, poet, lyricist, musical producer, worked with The Battered Ornaments, created Pete Brown & Piblokto!

1940 Event - Tom and Jerry created by Hanna and Barbera debut by MGM

1939 Death - Sigmund Freud, created psychoanalysis, dies at 83

1939 Birthday - Warwick Hutton, born in Britain, illustrator, artist, author, created illustrations for children's books, worked with texts by Hans Christian Andersen

1937 Event - U.S. Housing Authority created by National Housing Act

1936 Event - 1st issue of Life, picture magazine created by Henry R Luce

1936 Event - Australian Antarctic Territory created

1936 Birthday - Harold Budd, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, avant-garde, ambient music, created soundtrack for 2005 film Mysterious Skin, with Robin Guthrie

1934 Birthday - Brigitte Bardot, born in Paris, France, sex kitten, And God Created Women

1934 Birthday - Lionel Bart, born in Stepney, England, composer, songwriter, wrote pop music, musicals, created book, music and lyrics for Oliver!

1934 Event - Federal Savings and Loan Association created

1934 Event - Federal Communications Commission (FCC) created

1933 Event - U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, FDIC, created

1933 Event - U.S. Employment Service created

1933 Birthday - Costantinos Gavras, born in Greece, known as Costa-Gavras, French filmmaker, created political-themed films, known for fast-paced thriller titled Z, first film titled Missing, 1982

1932 Event - Walt Disney Art School created

1932 Birthday - Charles Stanley, born in Dry Fork, Virginia, senior pastor, founder of In Touch Ministries, created globally syndicated religious broadcasts, appearing in 500 radio stations, 300 television stations, in 49 languages

1931 Death - Ban Johnson, created (baseball's AL), dies after a long illness

1930 Event - Veterans Administration created

1928 Event - Velveeta Cheese created by Kraft

1928 Birthday - Roger Vadim, born in France, director, And God Created Women, Barbarella

1926 Event - National Broadcasting Co created by Radio Corporation of America

1926 Event - U.S. Customs Court created by congress

1925 Birthday - Robert Rauschenberg, born in Texas, artist, created "Combines", combinations of non-traditional materials and objects

1925 Event - Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs created in U.K.

1925 Birthday - David Bache, born in Worcestershire, England, David Ernest Bache, son of footballer Joe Bache, car designer, worked with Rover, established design company David Bache Associates, created the Land Rover, Series II Land Rover

1921 Birthday - Jack Valenti, born in Houston, Texas, Motion Picture Association of America President, created MPAA film rating system

1921 Event - Hot Springs National Park created in Arkansas

1920 Birthday - Bert Weedon, born in Essex, London, musician, guitarist, composer, influenced Eric Clapton, Brian May, Mike Odefield, The Beatles, created "Play in a Day" guitar tutorial guide

1920 Birthday - Saul Bass, born in New York City, New York, graphic designer, filmmaker, created title sequences for 40 years, famous for The Man with the Golden Arm, kinetic typography in North by Northwest, Vertigo

1919 Event - Radio Corporation of America (RCA) created

1919 Birthday - John Meade, born in Ireland, 7th Earl of Clanwilliam, a title in the Peerage of Ireland created in 1776 for John Meade, who served as Attorney-General for Ireland

1918 Event - Republic of Czechoslovakia created with T.G. Masaryk as president

1917 Event - Jones Act: Puerto Rico territory created, U.S. citizenship granted

1915 Event - National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NASA forerunner) created

1915 Event - U.S. Coast Guard created from Life Saving and Revenue Cutter services

1913 Event - Archdiocese of Managua created

1912 Birthday - Machito "Frank Grillo", Florida, bandleader, created salsa music

1910 Birthday - Rosser Reeves, born in Danville, Virginia, advertising executive, television advertising pioneer, wrote, 'Reality in Advertising', created ads for Dwight Eisenhower's Presidential campaign, owned a 138.7 carat Star Ruby

1908 Event - Predecessor of the FBI is created by the Department of Justice

1908 Death - Joel Chandler Harris, created Uncle Remus, dies at 59

1907 Birthday - Roy Douglas, born in Tunbridge Wells, England, Richard Roy Douglas, composer, pianist, member London Symphony Orchestra, pianist, organist, celesta player, fourth percussionist, created orchestration for 'Les Sylphides'

1906 Birthday - Bugsy Siegel, gangster created casinos in Las Vegas

1904 Birthday - Coleman Hawkins, virtually created tenor saxophone for jazz

1904 Event - Ice cream cone created by Charles E Menches during La Purchase Expo

1902 Birthday - James Van Alen, created Simplified Scoring System for tennis

1901 Birthday - Irna Phillips, born in Chicago, created 6 soap operas, Guiding Light

1900 Event - Hamburger created by Louis Lassing in Connecticut

1892 Birthday - Harold Foster, cartoonist, created "Prince Valiant"

1891 Birthday - H V Porter, basketball pioneer, created fan shape backboard

1891 Event - Office of Superintendent of Immigration (Treasury Department) created

1890 Event - Territory of Oklahoma created

1883 Event - Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise in English Channel 32 hours after explosion

1882 Event - 1st string of Christmas tree lights created by Thomas Edison

1874 Death - Israel Bak, created 1st Hebrew printing press, dies

1874 Birthday - James, Tod, Sloan, jockey, created monkey crouch riding style

1870 Event - Manitoba becomes 5th Canadian province and NW Territories created

1866 Event - Australian Rules Football is created

1866 Birthday - G. I. Gurdjieff, born in Alexandropol, Armenia, mystic, spiritual teacher, created 'The Work' idea, representing work on oneself, also called, the Fourth Way

1865 Event - Freedmen's Bureau is created to help destitute free blacks

1863 Event - Arizona Territory created

1862 Event - Department of Agriculture created

1861 Event - West Virginia created as a result of dispute over slavery with Virg

1861 Event - Territories of Nevada and Colorado created

1860 Event - Anaheim Township created in Los Angeles County

1860 Event - U.S. Secret Service created

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'

1854 Event - Territories of Kansas and Nebraska created

1851 Birthday - Melvil[le Louis K] Dewey, created Dewey Decimal System for libraries

1850 Event - Territories of New Mexico and Utah created

1848 Birthday - Joel Chandler Harris, U.S. journalist, created Uncle Remus stories

1848 Birthday - William "Candy" Cummings, created curve ball

1848 Event - Oregon Territory created

1847 Event - Doughnut created

1837 Birthday - James Augustus Henry Murray, Scotland, created Oxford Dictionary

1836 Event - Territory of Wisconsin created

1833 Birthday - Alfred Bernhard Nobel, Stockholm, created dynamite and Peace Prizes

1808 Event - French created Kingdom of Westphalia orders Jews to adopt family names

1792 Event - U.S. postal service created; postage 6 cents -12 cents, depending on distance

1790 Event - Territory South of River Ohio created by Congress

1790 Event - Revenue Marine Service, U.S. Coast Guard, created

1789 Event - U.S. Attorney General Office is created

1789 Event - Office of Postmaster General is created under the Treasury Department

1789 Event - U.S. Marine Corps created by an act of Congress

1761 Birthday - Madame [Marie Grosholtz] Tussaud, created wax museum

1756 Birthday - John Loudon McAdam, created macadam road surface, asphalt

1719 Event - Principality of Liechtenstein created within Holy Roman Empire

1503 Event - Henry Tudor created Prince of Wales (later Henry VIII)

1070 Event - Roquefort cheese created in a cave near Roquefort, France

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