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1993 Fire in psychiatric institute in South Korea, kills 40
1991 Troy State sets NCAA Div II record with 103 points in 2nd half routing DeVry Institute 187-117 1986 Institute for War documents publishes Anne Franks complete diary 1967 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, head of 1st Zen Institute of America, dies at 75 1957 Steve Buscemi, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, studied at Lee Strasberg Institute, known for role of Carl Showalter in 'Fargo', Mr. Pink in 'Reservoir Dogs', cast member of 'The Sopranos' 1954 Piers Gardner, director, British Institute of International and Comparative Law 1953 Carl Joseph Stone, born in America, composer, electronic music genre, minimalist, studied composition at California Institute of the Arts, served as President of the American Music Center 1947 Treaty drawn for establishment of International Patent Institute 1947 Wilf Stevenson, director, British Film Institute 1947 MJ Ainsworth, CEO, Institute of Chartered Secretaries 1945 Sasaki Shigetsu Sokei-an, founder 1st Zen Institute of America, dies 1943 WEB DuBois becomes 1st Black member of National Institute of Letters 1942 Thom Mayne, born in Waterbury, Connecticut, architect, awarded Pritzker Prize, 2005, principal, Morphosis, famous architecture firm in Santa Monica, California, founder, Southern California Institute of Architecture 1940 RA Weiss, director, Institute of Cancer Research 1931 Martin Rogers, director, Farmington Institute for Christian Studies 1931 Denis Lawton, director, London University Institute of Educ 1930 Stanley Wells, director, Shakespeare Institute University of Birmingham 1929 Dennis Farr, director, Courtauld Institute Galleries 1928 James Porter, CEO, Commonwealth Institute 1927 John Hoskyns, director-general, Institute of Directors 1927 James Eberle, British admiral/director, Royal Institute of International Affairs 1921 Harry Knutton, Major-General/director-general, London City and Guilds Institute 1913 National Institute of Arts and Letters founded 1910 National Institute of Arts and Letters incorporated by Congress 1909 Ernst Gombrich, OM/FBA/director, Warburg Institute 1906 Archaeological Institute of America forms 1902 Carnegie Institute founded in Washington D.C. 1896 Catherine Filene Shouse, philanthropist, Wolf Trap Institute 1893 Imperial Institute in London opens 1892 Ruth Fuller Sasaki, U.S., Zen teacher, 1st Zen Institute of America 1891 Rice Institute, which became Rice University, is chartered 1884 Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) forms 1881 Booker T. Washington establishes Tuskegee Institute in Alabama 1873 1st women's prison run by women opens at Indiana Reformatory Institute 1873 Eliel Saarinen, Finland, architect, GM Tech Institute, Michigan 1868 Hampton Institute opens 1861 Hampton Institute forms 1854 Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute 1854 Dutch KNMI established (Royal Meteorological Institute) 1852 Duke U, founded in 1838 as Union Institute chartered as Normal College 1837 Oberlin Collegiate Institute of Ohio goes co-ed (4 women, 30 men) 1837 Cheyney University forms as the Institute for Colored Youth 1829 James Smithson, dies, his will establishes Smithsonian Institute 1797 Antonio Rosmini-Serbati, philosopher/founder, Institute of Charity 1753 Benjamin Thompson, physicist, Royal Institute of Great Britain |
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