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2006 Eileen Caddy, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries, dies at age 89 in Findhorn, Scotland
2006 Warren Buffett donates $30 billion to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation 1992 Concrete foundation for ballpark at Gateway (Jacobs Field) is poured 1987 Hart Foundation beat British Bulldogs for WWF tag team title 1986 1 million days since traditional foundation of Rome, 4/21/753 BC 1967 Foundation Arizona soccer team forms in Alkmaar 1958 Foundation Praemium Erasmianum (Erasmus Prize) established 1957 Anne Frank Foundation forms in Amsterdam 1956 Medic Alert Foundation forms 1955 John Gilmore, born in America, fifth employee of Sun Microsystems, among founders of Cygnus Solutions, Cypherpunks mailing list, Electronic Frontier Foundation 1945 Foundation 1940-45 established 1939 Jon Appleton, born in Los Angeles, California, composer, pioneer in electro-acoustic music, won Guggenheim, Fulbright Foundation fellowships 1938 Yuji Takahashi, born in Japan, composer, author, pianist, performer, grant recipient, Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grants to Artists 1938 Foundation for Tel Aviv harbor laid 1936 Non-profit Ford Foundation incorporates 1933 Phill Niblock, born in Anderson, Indiana, composer, videographer, filmmaker, director, avente-garde music foundation, Experimental Media 1931 Joan Clague, director of nursing services, Marie Curie Foundation 1931 Nigel Vinson, born in England, Baron Vinson, businessman, served in Queen's Royal Regiment, Member of National Parks and Countryside Committee, Member of Foundation of Science and Technology 1930 Ken Coates, born in Britain, politician, Labor Party, Member, European Parliament 1989 - 1999, chair, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation 1923 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist (H Pierson Foundation), dies at 89 1920 Isaac Asimov, Russia, scientist/writer, I Robot, Foundation Trilogy 1917 Eileen Caddy, born in Alexandria, Egypt, new age author, spiritual teacher, founded Findhorn Foundation commune, an international New Age community, dubbed 'Vatican of the New Age', today home to 400 residents from more than 40 countries 1913 John D. Rockefeller gives $100 million to Rockefeller Foundation 1913 Foundation stone of the Australian capital in Canberra laid 1910 Ulrich Becher, born in Germany, writer, author, playwright, studied law in Berlin, novella series condemned by Nazi party, burned in book-burning fire, received Lifetime Achievement Award from Swiss Schiller Foundation 1899 Victoria and Albert Museum foundation laid England 1892 Foundation Stone of Cathedral of St. John laid (New York City) 1887 Sidney Hillman, union leader, Sidney Hillman Foundation 1882 Otto Neurath, Australian/British philosopher, Foundation of Social Sciences 1867 Royal Albert Hall foundation laid by Queen Victoria 1834 Hendrik Pierson, Dutch theologist, HP Foundation 1732 Foundation laid for Bank of England 1675 King Charles II lays foundation stone of Royal Observatory, Greenwich 1632 Foundation laid in Madrid for Buen Retiro-palace for king Philip IV 1561 Menno Simonsz, Dutch priest/vicar (Foundation Book), dies |
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