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1997 Paulo Freire, Brazilian educator, influential theorist of critical pedagogy, educator, author, studied philosophy, phe, nomenology, psychology of language, embraced a non-orthodox form of liberation theology, wrote 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed', dies from heart failure
1996 Curaeao gains limited form of self rule (Status Aparte) 1994 Romanian social-democrats form government with anti-Semites 1991 Russia, Belorussia and Ukraine form Commonwealth of Ind States 1991 North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition 1990 North and South Yemen merge to form Republic of Yemen 1989 NFL owners vote unanimously to form WLAF 1989 Mauritania, Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia and Libya form common market 1989 Egypt, Iraq, Jordan and North Yemen form common market 1982 Finland, Italy, Germany, Austria and France form American European Football Federation (AEFF) 1982 Senegal and Gambia form loose confederation (Senegambia) 1978 Shah of Iran, asks Shapour Bahktiar to form a civilian government 1975 U.N. passes resolution saying "Zionism is a form of racism" 1973 John and Yoko form a new country with no laws or boundaries, called Nutopia, its national anthem is silence 1972 Egypt and Libya form federation 1971 Operation PUSH (People United to Save Humanity) form Jesse Jackson 1971 Abu Dhabi, Ajman, Dubai, Fujeira, Sharjah and Umm ak Qiwain form United Arab Emirates 1971 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research 1971 Egypt, Libya and Syria form federation (FAR) 1970 Netherlands and Albania form diplomatic relations 1969 Leslie West and Felix Pappalardi form rock group Mountain 1968 AL and NL umpires form a new Association of Major League Umpires 1968 Beatles form Python Music Ltd. 1967 Ian Anderson and Glenn Cornick form rock group Jethro Tull 1967 Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand meet to form Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) 1967 Mayor-council form of government instituted for Washington, D.C. 1966 Buffalo Springfield form, Steven Stills, Neil Young 1964 Guinee, Liberia and Ivory Coast form joint market 1964 Egypt/Iraq/Jordan/Kuwait/Syria form common market 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar form United Republic of Tanganyika and Zanzibar 1964 Tanganyika and Zanzibar form republic Tanzania 1963 Beatles form "Beatles Ltd" to handle their income 1962 Libya, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia plan to form United Arab Maghreb 1960 Iraq, Iran, Kuwait, Saudi-Arabia and Venezuela form OPEC 1958 Robert H W Welch, Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society 1958 U.S. and Canada form North American Air Defense Command (NORAD) 1958 Jordan and Iraq form Arab Federation 1958 Egypt and Syria form United Arab Republic (UAR) 1955 U.S. Assay Office in Seattle, Washington closes Chase National (3rd largest bank) and Bank of the Manhattan Company (15th largest bank) merge to form Chase Manhattan 1953 Allied forces form West Germany 1953 John Norman Lewis contends players have no desire to form a union 1952 East German SED decides to form East Germany army 1951 Voters approve merger of 3 states to form Baden-Wurttemberg, W Germ 1951 France, West Germany and Benelux form European Steel and Coal Community 1950 Beth Anderson, born in Lexington, Kentucky, composer, singer, neo-romantic genre, invented swales, a musical form based on collages, samples of newly composed music vs. existing music, famous for singing with Limahl on 'The Never Ending Story' film title song 1949 Basketball Assoc of America and National Basketball League merge to form National Basketball Association 1948 Communist form North China People's Republic 1947 Belgium, Luxembourg and Netherland form Benelux Union 1947 U.S. Air Force, Navy and War Department form U.S. Department of Defense 1939 British Imperial Airways and British Airways merge to form BOAC 1937 Alain Badiou, born in Rabat, Morocco, influential French philosopher, chair, subscribes to an anti-postmodern form of continental philosophy 1936 General Mola and Cabanellas form Spanish anti-govt 1936 John White, born in Berlin, Germany, composer, musician, tuba player, invented Systems music, a British form of minimalism, influences include Howard Skempton, Cornelius Cardew 1936 Spanish socialists/communists/anarchists form Unidad Popular 1935 Dr. Robert Smith and William Wilson of Akron form Alcoholics Anonymous 1933 Federal Emergency Relief Administration and Agricultural Adjustment Administration form to help the needy and farmers 1931 100,000 extreme-right Germans form "Harzburger Front" 1930 Jurgens and Van den Berg merge with Lever Brothers to form Unilever 1925 German NSDAP form SS 1924 Metro Pictures, Goldwyn Pictures and Louis B. Mayer merged to form MGM 1923 General Otto von Lossow calls Reichswehr to Berlin to form a dictatorship 1923 Union of Soviet Socialist Republics form 1922 14 republics form Union of Soviet Socialistic Republics (U.S.S.R.) 1921 Paulo Freire, born in Recife, Brazil, Brazilian educator, influential theorist of critical pedagogy, educator, author, studied philosophy, phenomenology, psychology of language, embraced a non-orthodox form of liberation theology, wrote 'Pedagogy of the Oppressed' 1920 Preliminary meeting in Akron to form American Pro Football League 1917 Pact of Corfu signed: Serbs, Croats and Slovenes form Yugoslavia 1916 Dutch Girl Guides form 1911 Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Unions form Western Canada Rugby Football Union 1907 England, Russia and France form Triple Entente 1907 Royal Oil and Shell merge to form British Petroleum (BP) 1906 Brits Rolls, Royce and Johnson form Rolls Royce Ltd. 1902 Baseball's Philadelphia Athletics and Phillies form pro football teams, joining Pitts Stars in 1st attempt at a National Football League 1902 Swami Vivekananda, founder of Ramakrishna Mission, chief disciple of Ramakrishna, responsible for bringing Vedanta and Yoga to Europe, America, introduced Hinduism at Parliament of World Religions at Chicago, 1893, dies at age 39, suffered form Asthma, diabetes, and other physical ailments 1897 Brooklyn merges with New York to form present City of New York 1895 El Salvador, Honduras and Nicaragua form Central American Union 1895 Nicaragua, El Salvador and Honduras form a short-lived confederation 1894 Daily Racing Form founded 1892 Leo Ornstein, Kremenchug Russia, composer, Bio in Sonata Form 1889 Bayer introduces aspirin in powder form (Germany) 1885 John Ward and several teammates secretly form Brotherhood of Professional Baseball Players, 1st baseball union 1877 Isadora Duncan, SF, free form/interpretative dancer 1876 Columbia, Harvard and Princeton form Intercollegiate Football Association 1873 Rival cities of Buda and Pest unite to form the capital of Hungary 1865 Several Confederate veterans form Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tn 1864 Lord Cecil of Chelwood, UK, help form League of Nations, Nobel 1937 1864 Knights of Pythias form 1st lodge in Washington D.C. (12 members) 1860 D'Arcy Thompson, zoologist/classicist, On Growth and Form 1805 Horatio Greenough, U.S., neo-classical sculptor/writer, Form and Function 1801 Ireland and Great Britain, England and Scotland, form United Kingdom 1792 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street 1788 Prussia joins Anglo-Dutch alliance to form Triple Alliance to prevent spread of Russo-Swedish War of 1788-90 1787 Black Masons form 1st lodge 1757 ALF, alien life form, ALF 1707 England, Wales and Scotland form U.K. of Great Britain 1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain 1689 England and Netherlands form League of Augsburg 1675 Abenaki, Massachusetts, Mohegan and Wampanoag indians form anti-English front under Metacom 1674 Spain, France and Netherlands form Triple Alliance 1673 Leopold I, Spain, Netherlands and Lutherans form anti-French covenant 1666 Brandenburg/Brunswick/Denmark/Netherlands form anti-French Quadruple Alliance 1658 France/Sweden/Bavarian/Brunswick/Munster/Hessen-Kassel form Rijnbond 1657 France and England form alliance against Spain; England gets Dunkirk 1643 Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth, Connecticut and New Harbor form United Colonies of New England 1636 City of Providence, Rhode Island form 1633 Sweden and Protestant German monarchy form Union of Heilbronn 1571 Venice, Spain and Pope Pius form anti-Turkish Saint League 1557 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form 1531 Evangelical German monarchy/towns form Schmalkaldische Union 1526 Pope Clemens VII, France, Genoa, Venice, Florence and Milan form Anti-French League of Cognac 1526 Saxony and Hesse form League of Gotha (league of Protestant princes) 1525 Catholic German monarchy form Union of Dessau 1167 Northern Italian towns form Lombardi League |
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