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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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