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Formed
1997
Baseball's triple A Anerican Association (formed in 1902) votes to disband
1995
Arthur Benfield, formed head of Cheshire CID, dies at 82
1973
West African Economic Community formed (Benin, Ivory Coast, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Upper Volta)
1971
White House Plumbers unit formed to plug news leaks
1969
John L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89
1965
British Indian Ocean Territory formed
1963
Malaysia formed from Malaya, Singapore, Br No Borneo and Sarawak
1963
Organization for African Unity formed by Chad, Mauritania and Zambia
1959
New Continental baseball league formed
1957
International Atomic Energy Agency formed by U.N.
1949
German Dem Rep formed from Russian occupation zone (National Day)
1949
Ladies Pro Golf Association of America formed in New York City
1948
World Council of Churches formed by 147 churches from 44 countries
1946
U.N. Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization formed
1946
West German state of Niedersachsen formed
1945
Cleveland Browns organization formed by Arthur "Mickey" McBride
1942
Thoroughbred Racing Association of U.S. formed in Chicago
1939
BMI (Broadcast Music Incorporated) formed
1939
1st black bowling league formed (National Bowling Assoc)
1937
Dave Gavitt, formed Basketball's Big East Conference, 1979
1934
Saint-Adelbert cooperation formed by Catholic elite
1926
International Greyhound Racing Association formed (Miami, Florida)
1923
New York State Golf Association formed
1923
Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, formed at Howard U in 1920, incorporates
1922
Yakut ASSR formed in Russian SFSR
1920
Little Entente formed by Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
1916
Boeing Co (Pacific Aero) formed by William Boeing in Seattle Wash
1914
Federal Trade Commission formed to regulate interstate commerce
1911
SF Symphony formed
1910
Saskatchewan (then Regina) Roughrider football club formed
1909
Army Air Corps formed as Army takes 1st delivery from Wright Brothers
1908
Baseball Writers Association, formed
1905
1st Soviet (workers' council) formed, St. Petersburg, Russia
1905
Rotary Club International formed by 4 men in Chicago
1898
Intercollegiate Trapshooting Association formed in New York City
1895
Anti-Saloon League of America formed, Washington, D.C.
1886
1st national accountants' society in U.S. formed (New York City)
1886
American Federation of Labor (AFL) formed by 26 craft unions Samuel Gompers elected AFL president
1881
Greatest Show On Earth was formed by PT Barnum and James A Bailey
1874
Social Democratic Workmen's Party of North America formed
1868
San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed
1865
Hawaiian Board of Education formed
1864
Territory of Montana formed
1857
American Chess Association formed (New York City)
1849
1st U.S. skating club formed (Phila)
1833
American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Phila
1789
Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of New York City political bosses
1494
Johan Friis, chancellor, Denmark, helped formed Lutheranism
1348
Prague University, 1st university in central Europe, formed by Charles IV
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