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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

2004 Laurance Rockefeller, venture capitalist/philanthropist, founded the American Conservation Association, dies at 94

2003 Jenifer Estess, activist/producer, founded Project A.L.S, dies at 40

2003 Adam Osborne, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation

2002 Dave Thomas, commercial icon/businessman, founded Wendy's, dies at 69

2000 Dave Peverett, rocker, singer, guitarist, founded, sang and played rhythm guitar for Foghat dies

1999 Jose Quintero, director, founded the Circle in the Square company, dies at 75

1999 Robert Shaw, chorale director, founded the Robert Shaw Chorale, dies at 82

1999 Jay Pritzker, billionaire, founded the Hyatt hotel chain, dies at 76

1996 Edmund Happold, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House, dies at 65

1994 Netscape Communications founded as Mosaic Communications

1994 4 Arab terrorist founded guilty of bombing the World Trade Center

1988 Jordy, born in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France, French singer, guitarist, achieved Guinness Book of World Records as youngest singer with number one chart-topping hit, 'Dur dur d'etre bebe!', or, 'It's Tough to be a Baby', founded, tours, records with Jordy and the Dixies

1980 French Academy, founded in 1635, elects it 1st woman novelist (Marguerita Youcenar)

1978 Chicago Daily News, founded in 1875, publishes last issue

1976 Stephen Wozniak and Steven Jobs founded Apple Computer

1975 Lao People's Democratic Republic founded (National Day)

1974 World Football League founded

1973 British Darts Organisation founded in North London

1972 Ben Affleck, born in Berkeley, California, actor, director, screenwriter, Academy-award winner for Good Will Hunting, 1987, founded production company LivePlanet with actor Matt Damon

1972 Clyde McPhatter, rhythm and blues singer, member, Billy Ward & the Dominoes, founded, The Drifters, dies in Teaneck, New Jersey at age 39

1966 National Organization of Women founded

1965 Slash, born in Stoke-on-Trent, England, born Saul Hudson, musician, played lead guitar for Guns N' Roses. 1985 - 1006, founded band Slash's Snakepit and Velvet Revolver

1965 Montcalm Community College in Sidney, Michigan, founded

1964 American Radio Relay League (organization for hams) founded

1964 Karmi'el founded in Galilee

1964 Town of Karmiel founded in Galilee

1964 Doug Aldrich, born in Raleigh, North Carolina, guitarist, hard rock, plays electric guitar, Gibson Les Paul, Fender Stratocaster, member of Whitesnake, founded Burning Rain

1963 Horatio Alger Society founded

1961 Amnesty International founded (Nobel Peace Prize 1977)

1961 Jay Aston, London, England, singer, youngest member of British pop group, Bucks Fizz, founded Jay Aston Theatre Arts School

1960 Ernest Holmes, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine, dies

1957 Alan Donnelly, born in England, politician, Labor Party, leader, European Parliamentary Labor Party, 1998 - 2005, founded, serves, as executive chairman of public affairs company, Sovereign Strategy, represents President of Federation Internationale de l'Automobile, at Grand Prix

1957 Southern Christian Leadership Council (SCLC) founded

1955 Bar-Ilan University founded in Israel

1954 Chris Stamey, born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, musician, rocker, songwriter, record producer, formed the dB's, founded Car Records indie record label, founded recording studio called Modern Recording where he recorded and mixed Whiskeytown

1954 Major League Baseball Players Association founded

1953 Alexander Cartwright founded baseball and not Abner Doubleday

1951 Jet magazine founded by John H. Johnson

1951 Mississippi Valley State University founded

1948 Alcoholic Anonymous founded in Britain

1947 NHL Pension Society founded

1947 Malcolm McLaren, founded rock group, Sex Pistols-God Save the Queen

1946 Paul Dean, born in Vancouver, Canada, guitarist, founded band, Streetheart and Loverboy, won Composer of the Year Juno Award for 'Turn Me Loose', Loverboy's 1980 debut album

1945 International Monetary Fund established - World Bank founded

1944 Bev Bevan, born in Sparkhill, Birmingham, England, born Beverley Bevan, rocker musician, played drums, percussion, original member of ELO, founded Electric Light Orchestra Part II, toured as a drummer for band Black Sabbath

1944 Byron Berline, born in Caldwell, Kansas, musician, fiddle, mandolin player, famous for contemporary bluegrass music, played with The Flying Burrito Brothers, worked with Manassas, founded Oklahoma International Bluegrass Festival

1943 Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) founded

1943 Dave Peverett, born in Dulwich, South East London, rocker, singer, guitarist, founded, sang and played rhythm guitar for Foghat

1941 Maurice White, born in Memphis, Tennessee, nicknamed Reese, rocker, singer, songwriter, record producer, founded band Earth, Wind and Fire

1941 United Service Organization, USO, founded

1939 Adam Osborne, born in Thailand, author, computer designer, book and software publisher, founded and wrote memoir about Osborne Computer Corporation

1938 David Borden, born in Boston, Massachusetts, composer, minimalist music, jazz pianist, founded Mother Mallard's Portable Masterpiece Company, the world's first synthesizer ensemble, wrote vocal, chamber ensemble, music, style similar to Phillip Glass, Terry Riley

1938 Book publisher Simon and Schuster founded

1937 Paul Mefano, born in France, composer, conductor, founded Ensemble 2e2m, premiered over 500 works by young composers, including James Dillon and Franco Donatoni, directed the Conservatory of Versailles 1996 - 2005

1936 Rodeo Cowboy's Association founded

1936 Presbyterian Church of America founded at Philadelphia

1935 Werner Erhard, Philadelphia, founded EST

1932 Clyde McPhatter, born in Durham, North Carolina, rhythm and blues singer, member, Billy Ward & the Dominoes, founded, The Drifters

1932 O. C. Smith, born in Mansfield, Louisiana, born Ocie Lee Smith, singer, pastor, "Save the Last Dance for Me" hit number one on Rhythm n' Beach Top 40, founded The City of Angels Church

1930 Edmund Happold, born in England, structural engineer, founded engineering constituency, Buro Happold, worked on Sydney Opera House

1928 Noam Chomsky, linguist, founded transformational grammar

1927 Town of Netanya Israel founded by Nathan Strauss

1927 Tzvi Avni, born in Saarbrucken, Germany, composer, Israeli emigrated to Palestine, student of Paul Ben-Haim, founded electronic studio at the Jerusalem Academy of Music

1925 William F. Buckley, Jr., born in New York City, conservative author, commentator, founded 'The National Review'

1925 Walter Percy Chrysler founded Chrysler Corp, Iacocca is 8 months old

1924 1st U.S. NHL franchise, Boston Bruins founded

1924 Bene Berak Palestine founded

1924 Bene Brak Palestine founded

1924 IBM Corporation founded by Thomas Watson

1923 Disney company founded

1918 Save the Redwoods League founded

1917 Andrew Taylor Still, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine, died at age 89

1917 Boys Town founded by Father Edward Flanagan west of Omaha Neb

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

1916 Helmut Eder, born in Linz, Austria, composer, studied and later taught at the Linz Conservatory, conducted the Singakademie, founded electronic music studio in Linz in 1959

1916 San Diego Zoo founded

1915 Girl Scouts founded

1915 Kiwanis International founded in Detroit

1914 Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, founded at Howard University, incorporates

1914 ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) founded

1914 Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded

1913 National Institute of Arts and Letters founded

1912 Abbe Pierre, born in Lyon, France, French Catholic priest, founded Emmaus movement aiding poor, homeless, refugees

1911 UNIA founded by Garvey

1910 Tel Aviv founded

1909 1st Israeli kibbutz founded, Deganya Alef

1908 Carriage-maker, William Durant, founded General Motors Corp

1907 E. W. Scripps founded United Press

1905 Intercollegiate Athletic Association of U.S. founded (becomes NCAA in 1910)

1905 Niagara Movement founded by W. E. B. Dubois

1905 Las Vegas, Nevada founded

1904 Leopold Trepper, Polish/Israeli spy/founded, CP Palestina

1903 American Political Science Association founded at New Orleans

1903 Homel, 1st Jewish self defense organization founded in Russia

1903 Bernard Lovell, England, radio astronomer, founded Jodrell Bank

1902 American Automobile Association, AAA, founded in Cleveland, Ohio

1902 Carnegie Institute founded in Washington D.C.

1900 Freeland Colony founded in US

1894 Daily Racing Form founded

1894 Civic organization, Knights of Ak-Sar-Ben founded in Omaha, Nebraska

1894 Hermann Oberth, born in Germany, founded modern astronautics, V2/Redstone

1892 National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded

1892 Hawaiian Historical Society founded

1891 Max Ernst, born in Germany, painter and sculptor, founded surrealism

1890 General Federation of Womans' Clubs founded

1889 Bishop Museum founded in Hawaii

1889 DeWitt Wallace, St. Paul, Minnesota, publisher, founded Readers Digest, 1921

1888 National Geographic Society founded in Washington, D.C.

1887 Ernest Holmes, born in Lincoln, Maine, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine

1886 Philip Murray, founded Congress of Industrial Organizations, CIO

1886 Aurora Ski Club, 1st in U.S., founded in Minnesota

1881 American Federation of Labor (AFL) founded (Pittsburgh)

1881 William Edward Boeing, founded aircraft co, Boeing

1881 American Red Cross founded by Clara Barton

1881 Spelman College founded

1880 University of California founded in Los Angeles

1880 American Canoe Association founded at Lake George, New York

1880 Amateur Athletic Association, governing body for men's athletics in England and Wales, is founded in Oxford, England

1879 Frederick G. Melcher, U.S., publisher/editor/founded children book week

1879 Library of Hawaii founded

1878 Hastings College of Law founded

1877 Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society

1876 Mohammed Ali Jinnah, Karachi, founded Pakistan, 1947, gov, 1947-58

1876 Frank L Gillespie, Arkansas, founded Supreme Life Insurance Company

1875 Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky and Col Olcott

1875 Walter Chrysler, founded car company, Chrysler

1874 Ontario Agricultural College founded

1873 Royal Canadian Mounted Police founded

1872 Morgan State University founded

1871 Ancient Arabic Order of Nobles of Mystic Shrine founded, New York City

1871 Paris Commune founded

1870 Amedos Peter Giannine, born in San Jose, California, founded Bank of America

1869 Noble Order of Knights of Labor founded, Philadelphia

1868 University of California founded (Oakland California)

1866 Howard University founded (Wash, DC)

1866 Martha McChesney Berry, U.S., founded Berry School for Children

1865 London Gazette, oldest surviving journal, is founded

1865 Freedman's Bureau founded for Black Education, 1865

1864 Helena, Montana's capital, founded

1863 Frederick William Faber, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham, dies

1863 Boise, Idaho founded (now capital of Idaho)

1861 William Crapo Durant, founded General Machine

1861 University of Washington founded in Seattle

1859 Luis Munoz Rivera, Puerto Rico, journalist, founded Federalist Party

1859 Edmund Husserl, born in Germany, philosopher, founded Phenomenology

1857 World's 1st soccer club, Sheffield F C, founded in England

1857 National Association of Baseball Players founded, New York

1855 Manhattan Kansas founded as New Boston Kansas

1854 Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute

1852 Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College

1851 SF Orphan's Asylum, 1st in California, founded

1850 Albert Spaulding, baseball player/founded Spaulding sports company

1850 William Henry Welch, U.S., pathologist, founded John Hopkins

1849 Philadelphia Turngemeinde founded

1848 Cincinnati Turngemeinde founded

1844 Henry John Heinz, founded prepared-foods company, 57 varieties

1843 B'nai B'rith founded (NY)

1840 Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded in New York

1840 Flora Adams Darling, founded Daughters of American Revolution

1839 Gustavus Franklin Swift, founded Swift and Co

1837 Mount Holyoke Seminary in Mass-1st U.S. college founded for women

1837 Charles Tiffany founded his jewelry and china stores

1836 Adelaide, South Australia founded

1833 1st U.S. college fraternity to have a fraternity house founded

1830 Republic of Ecuador is founded, with Juan Jose Flores as president

1828 Andrew Taylor Still, born in Lee County, Virginia, osteopath, successfully reduced fractures, founded first school of osteopathic medicine

1828 Albrecht Grafe, pioneer eye surgeon; founded modern ophthalmology

1826 London University founded

1825 1st college fraternity founded (Kappa Alpha (Union College, New York))

1825 American Unitarian Association founded

1824 Leland Stanford, Gov/Sen, founded Stanford University

1824 Athenaeum founded

1822 Frances Crabbe, England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society

1822 New York Horticultural Society founded

1821 Mary Baker Eddy, founded Christian Science, Science and Health

1821 African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church founded (New York)

1820 Joseph Whitaker, England, publisher, founded Whitaker's Almanack

1820 Royal Astronomical Society founded in England

1819 Allan Pinkerton, founded Chicago detective agency

1817 Baha'u'llah, Mirza Husayn Ali, founded Baha'i faith

1816 Paul Julius Baron von Reuter, founded Reuters news service

1816 Gas Light Co of Baltimore founded

1814 Frederick William Faber, born in Calverley, England, theologian, wrote 'Faith of Our Fathers', 'My God, how wonderful thou art', 'Oh, gift of gifts', founded religious community in Cotton Hall, Birmingham

1813 Soren Kierkegaard, Denmark, philosopher, founded Existentialism

1813 1st U.S. raw cotton-to-cloth mill founded in Waltham, Massachusetts

1808 1st U.S. land-grant university founded at Ohio University, Athens, Ohio

1808 1st college orchestra in U.S. founded, at Harvard

1805 John Stephens, U.S. archaeologist; founded study of Central America

1804 Hobart Tasmania founded

1802 U.S. Academy at West Point founded

1798 Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California

1797 John Hughes, archbishop, founded Fordham University in the Bronx

1797 John Winebrenner, U.S., clergyman, founded Church of God

1796 Cleveland, Ohio, founded by General Moses Cleaveland

1795 Johns Hopkins, philanthropist, founded Johns Hopkins University

1794 Richard Allen founded AME Church

1793 Friedrich Struve, Germany, founded dynasty of astronomers

1790 U.S. Coast Guard founded as Revenue Cutter Service

1789 Franklin College founded

1789 Georgetown, 1st U.S. Catholic college, founded

1788 Losantville, OH (now Cincinnati) founded

1788 Jean-Victor Poncelet, mathematician, founded projective geometry

1786 Thomas Hancock, founded British rubber industry

1782 Friedrich W. A. Frobel, German educator, founded kindergarten

1781 Los Angeles founded by 44 in Bahia de las Fumas, (Valley of Smokes)

1780 American Academy of Arts and Science founded

1777 San Jose, California, founded

1777 Mission Santa Clara de Asis founded in California

1776 Mission San Juan Capistrano founded in California

1776 Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay

1776 Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay

1775 U.S. Army founded

1775 Francis C. Lowell, founded 1st raw cotton-to-cloth textile mill

1771 Mission San Antonio de Padua founded in California

1770 Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo founded in California

1768 Firm of Johann Buddenbrook founded, in Thomas Mann's novel

1764 John Barrow, England, founded Royal Geographical Society

1764 St. Louis founded as a French trading post by Pierre Laclade Ligue

1763 John Molson, founded Montreal brewery, Molsons

1754 Columbia University founded, as Kings College (New York City)

1751 1st U.S. hospital founded (Pennsylvania Hospital)

1733 Georgia founded by James Oglethorpe, at site of Savannah

1729 City of Baltimore founded

1717 1st Free Masons' grand lodge founded in London

1703 St. Petersburg (Leningrad) founded by Peter the Great

1692 Kingston, Jamaica founded

1691 Yorktown Virginia founded

1683 Germantown Pennsylvania founded by 13 immigrant families

1651 Litchfield, CT founded

1649 Elihu Yale, England, philanthropist founded Yale

1642 Montreal Canada founded

1636 Harvard University (Cambridge Mass) founded

1635 Oldest U.S. public institution, Boston Latin School founded

1634 Lord Baltimore founded Catholic colony of Maryland

1629 1st non-Separatist Congregational Church in U.S. founded (Salem, MA)

1628 Massachusetts colony founded by Englishmen

1621 WIC, West Indian Co, under Heeren XIX, founded

1608 Samuel de Champlain founded city of Quebec

1607 John Harvard, England, clergyman/scholar, founded Harvard University

1571 Miguel Lopez de Lagazpi founded Manilla in the Phillipines

1566 St. Augustine, Florida founded

1549 Anna of H Bartolomaeus, Flemish prioress/founded a nunnery

1548 La Paz, Bolivia is founded

1541 Santiago, Chile founded by Pedro de Valvidia (or 2/12)

1541 Santiago, Chile founded (or Feb 24)

1540 Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola

1535 Asuncion, Paraguay founded

1535 City of Lima Peru founded by Francisco Pizarro

1534 Quito, Ecuador founded by Spanish

1527 University of Marburg (Germany) founded

1519 Panama City founded

1492 1st Spanish settlement in New World founded, by Columbus

1483 Martin Luther, Eisleben Germany, founded Protestantism

1459 Sun City India founded by Rao Jodhpur

1441 Eton College founded by Henry VI

1365 University of Vienna founded

1348 1st English order of knighthood founded (Order of Garter)

1340 Rotterdam Netherlands founded

1227 Ghengis Khan, Temudjin, founded Mongolia, dies

1201 Robert de Sorbon, founded Sorbonne University, Paris

951 Paris is founded

570 Religion of Islam (submission) founded in Mecca

421 Friday at 12 PM - city of Venice founded


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