2012 Event The European Physical Society's annual Edison Volta Prize is awarded to CERN Director General, Rolf-Dieter Heuer 2010 Event An important peer-reviewed study of the spatial memory of bumblebees published the Biology Letters journal of the Royal Society is written by two eight year-olds 1996 Death Ken Dibbs, actor (Suddenly, Party Girl, High Society), dies at 78 1994 Death Patricia Louise Dalton, chair (Sherlock Holmes Society), dies at 75 1990 Death Irmtraud Morgner, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society, dies of cancer in Berlin, East Germany 1989 Event "Dead Poets Society" starring Robin Williams, premieres 1985 Death Robert H. W. Welch, Jr., U.S. founder/leader John Birch Society, dies at 85 1982 Death Sol C Siegel, U.S. film producer (High Society), dies at 79 1982 Death Charles Walters, U.S. actor/choreographer/dir (High Society), dies at 70 1982 Death Melville Bell Grosvenor, President National Geographic Society, dies at 80 1981 Death Allyn Joslyn, actor (They Won't Forget, Cafe Society), dies at 79 1979 Event Voluntary Euthanasia Society publishes how-to-do-it suicide guide 1978 Event Debbie Austin wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic 1977 Event Netherlands State Delta Kappa Gamma Society forms 1977 Event Pam Higgins wins LPGA American Cancer Society Golf Classic 1971 Birthday Jada Pinkett, actress, Jason's Lyric, Menace II Society 1971 Birthday Jada Pinkett, actress, Set it Off, Nutty Professor, Menace II Society 1971 Event 16 baseball researchers form Society for American Baseball Research 1970 Birthday Ethan Hawke, born in Austin, Texas, actor, Dad, Dead Poets Society, Explorers 1970 Death Blaz Arnic, Slovenian composer, best known for his nine symphonies, The Society of Slovene Composers consider him the great Slovenian symphonic master of the 20th century, dies at 69 1969 Event Student Afro-American Society seized at Columbia College 1969 Birthday Robert Sean Leonard, New Jersey, actor, Dead Poets Society, Mr. and Mrs. Bridge 1966 Death Gilbert H Grosvenor, president National Geographic Society, dies at 90 1965 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson's "Great Society" State of the Union Address 1964 Event Lyndon Baines Johnson presents "Great Society" 1963 Event Horatio Alger Society founded 1962 Event "John Birch Society," by Chad Mitchell Trio hits #99 1959 Death Blonde Dolly, Sybille A J Niemans, society prostitute, dies at 33 1958 Event Robert H W Welch, Jr. and 11 other men meet in Indianapolis to form anti-Communist John Birch Society 1957 Event Dutch Newspaper Society expels communist daily paper "Truth" 1955 Birthday Kate Ashbrook, general secretary, Open Spaces Society 1954 Event Humane Society forms 1954 Birthday Stephen Platt, editor, New Statesman and Society 1954 Birthday Michael Shermer, born in Glendale, California, science writer, historian, television producer of Fox series 'Exploring the Unknown', founder, The Skeptics Society 1950 Birthday Janis Ian, Fink, New York City, rock vocalist, At 17, Society's Child 1947 Event NHL Pension Society founded 1947 Birthday Daphne Todd, president, Royal Society of Portrait Painters 1945 Birthday John Hayes, Secretary-General, British Law Society 1944 Birthday Peter Weir, born in Sydney, Australia, director and writer, Witness, Dead Poets Society 1941 Birthday Malcolm Longair, born in Dundee Scotland, astronomer, physicist, chairman of the Gemini Board, President, Royal Astronomical Society 1939 Death Cornelis JK van Aalst, president Dutch Business Society, dies at 73 1938 Birthday Jacques Hetu, born in Trois-Rivieres Quebec, composer, Fellow, Royal Society of Canada, 1989, Officer of the Order of Canada, 2001 1938 Event 1st animal breeding society forms in New Jersey 1938 Event National Society for Legalization of Euthanasia forms (NY) 1937 Birthday David Ward, president, Law Society 1936 Birthday Richard Gaskell, solicitor/president, Law Society 1936 Birthday Philip Ely, president, British Law Society 1935 Event Wilderness Society forms 1933 Birthday Irmtraud Morgner, born in Chemnitz, Germany, writer, freelance author, used magical realism to address the role of gender in East German society 1929 Event Dr. Annie Webb Blanton forms Delta Kappa Gamma Society in Austin Tx 1929 Event Humanist Society established, Hollywood California 1929 Birthday Amitai W. Etzioni, U.S. sociologist, Active Society 1927 Birthday Dennis Landau, CEO, Cooperative Wholesale Society 1925 Birthday Nat Hentoff, columnist/novelist, Village Voice, The Cold Society 1924 Event Dutch Christian Radio Society (NCRV) forms 1924 Event NCRV, Dutch Christian Radio Society, forms 1924 Event History of Science Society organized at Boston 1922 Death Gerardus J P Bolland, Dutch philosopher (Bolland Society), dies at 67 1919 Event American Meteorological Society found 1919 Birthday Patricia Louise Dalton, chair, Sherlock Holmes Society of London 1917 Death Oswald Chambers, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning, dies from a ruptured appendix 1917 Birthday Thomas K Scherman, New York City, conductor, Little Orchestra Society 1947 - 1975 1916 Birthday Norman Griggs, Vice President, Building Society Association 1914 Event ASCAP (American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers) founded 1914 Event American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers-ASCAP forms in New York City 1913 Birthday Shirley Ross, born in Omaha, Nebraska, actress, Cafe Society, Prison Farm 1911 Birthday Melvin M Payne, president, National Geographic Society 1911 Event Society of Dutch Composers forms in Amsterdam 1910 Birthday Herbert Ashworth, CEO, Nationwide Building Society 1909 Event Bird banding society found 1909 Birthday Eddie Duchin, born in Massachusetts, society pianist and bandleader, Eddie Duchin Orchestra 1908 Event 1st flying club, Aeronautical Society of New York, opens 1907 Death Henry Steel Olcott, U.S. co-founder (Theosophist Society), dies at 74 1906 Event 1st annual meeting of American Sociological Society, Providence, RI 1906 Birthday Eric William Fenby, composer/president, Delius Society 1905 Event National Association of Audubon Society incorporates 1904 Event J. M. Synge's "Riders to the Sea" opens at Irish National Theater Society 1903 Birthday Sol C Siegel, U.S., producer, High Society, Gentlemen prefer blondes 1903 Death George G Stokes, British physicist/president Royal Society, dies at 83 1903 Birthday Dame Kathleen Lonsdale, crystallographer, 1st woman in Royal Society 1901 Birthday Allyn Joslyn, born in Milford, Pennsylvania, actor, They Won't Forget, Cafe Society 1901 Birthday Blaz Arnic, born in Luce, Lower Styria, Austria-Hungary, Slovenian composer, best known for his nine symphonies, The Society of Slovene Composers consider him the great Slovenian symphonic master of the 20th century 1901 Birthday Robert Marshall, founder, Wilderness Society 1900 Birthday Erich Fromm, born in Frankfurt, Germany, psychologist, Sane Society 1899 Birthday Robert Welch, found John Birch Society 1899 Event Gideon Society established to place bibles in hotels 1897 Birthday Margalo Gillmore, London, actress, Skirts Ahoy, High Society 1896 Birthday Thomas W. McKnew, president, National Geographic Society 1896 Death Wyatt Eaton, artist, painter, portraitist, one of the founders of the Society of American Artists, dies from tuberculosis in Newport, Rhode Island 1894 Event Dutch Society for Women Suffrage gets royal charter 1892 Death John G. Whittier, U.S. poet/secretary Anti-Slavery Society, dies 1892 Event Netherlands Society for Currency and Coin collecting forms 1892 Event National Society of Colonial Dames of America founded 1892 Event Hawaiian Historical Society founded 1891 Event Astronomical Society of France is inaugurated 1891 Death Helena Blavatsky, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true, dies, date of death celebrated by Theosophists, who call it, Whilte Lotus Day 1889 Event Astronomical Society of Pacific holds 1st meeting in San Francisco 1888 Event National Geographic Society organizes in Washington D.C. 1888 Event National Geographic Society founded in Washington, D.C. 1887 Death Multatuli, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature, dies in Ingelheim am Rhine, Germany 1887 Birthday Aldo Leopold, founder, Wilderness Society 1886 Event 1st national accountants' society in U.S. formed (New York City) 1885 Birthday Clara [G Meijer-]Wichmann, German anarchists/feminist, Wife and society 1885 Event Carl Peters founds German East-Africa Society 1883 Event American Anti-Vivisection Society organized in Philadelphia 1882 Event Anti-colonization mass society of Alexandria Egypt kills 50 Europeans 1882 Birthday Thurston Hall, born in Boston, Massachusetts, actor, Roaming Lady, In Society 1880 Event American Society of Mechanical Engineers forms (New York City) 1877 Event American Chemical Society chartered in New York 1877 Birthday Florence Dahl Walrath, humanitarian, founded Cradle society 1877 Event Society of American Artists forms 1875 Event Amer Theosophical Society founded by Mme Blavatsky and Col Olcott 1875 Event Society of Regte Afrikaanders establishes in Paarl 1875 Event Anti-slavery society forms (NY) 1874 Birthday Oswald Chambers born in Aberdeen, Scotland, Scottish Protestant Christian minister, teacher, author, wrote, 'My Utmost for His Highest', established local society dedicated to his favorite poet, Robert Browning 1873 Event American Metrological Society forms (New York City) weights, measures and money 1870 Event British Red Cross Society forms 1870 Event American Anti-Slavery Society dissolves 1868 Event San Francisco Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals formed 1867 Birthday Rosa Lewis, society caterer/owner, Cavandish Hotel-England 1866 Event American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) forms 1865 Event Thomas Robertsons "Society," premieres in London 1859 Event Hibernia Savings and Loan Society of San Francisco incorporates 1859 Event 1st Zoological Society incorporates in Philadelphia 1859 Event Zoological Society of Philadelphia, 1st in U.S., incorporated 1857 Event Los Angeles Vineyard Society organized 1854 Birthday Gerardus J P J Bolland, Dutch philosopher, Bolland Society 1852 Event California Historical Society forms 1851 Death John James Audubon, conservationist (Audubon Society), dies at 65 1849 Birthday Wyatt Eaton, born in Philipsburg, Canada, artist, painter, portraitist, one of the founders of the Society of American Artists 1848 Event Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston 1847 Event Liberia declares independence from American Colonization Society 1844 Event RC Society Apostole of Prayer forms 1840 Event Organization of American Society of Dental Surgeons founded in New York 1839 Event Charles Darwin elected member of Royal Society 1837 Event American Physiological Society organizes in Boston 1835 Event Charles Darwin's voyage published in Cambridge Philosophical Society 1834 Event 1st U.S. dental society organized (NY) 1833 Event American Anti-Slavery Society formed by Arthur Tappan in Philadelphia 1833 Event New York Anti-Slavery Society organized 1833 Event Phoenix Society forms (New York) 1832 Birthday Henry Steel Olcott, co-founder, Theosophical Society 1832 Event New England Anti-Slavery Society organizes (Boston) 1831 Birthday Helena Blavatsky, born in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, founder of the Theosophical Society, with William Quan Judge, Henry Steel Olcott, believed all inner religious teachings are true 1826 Event American Temperance Society, forms in Boston 1822 Birthday Frances Crabbe, England, feminist founded Anti-Vivisection Society 1822 Event Society for Propagation of Faith starts (Lyon, France) 1822 Event New York Horticultural Society founded 1822 Event American Indian Society organizes 1820 Birthday Multatuli, born in Amsterdam, Eduard Douwes Dekker, writer, named most important Dutch writer of all time, 2002, Society for Dutch literature 1820 Event Royal Astronomical Society founded in England 1817 Event Tsar Alexander I recommends formation of Society of Israeli Christians 1816 Event American Colonization Society organizes 1816 Event 1st savings bank in U.S. opens (Philadelphia Savings Fund Society) 1816 Event American Bible Society forms in New York 1816 Event American Bible Society organized in New York 1809 Birthday Cornelia Connelly, Philadelphia, founder, Society of the Holy Child Jesus 1808 Event African Benevolent Society (education) forms 1806 Birthday Chapin Aaron Harris, U.S., found America Society of Dental Surgeons 1806 Death John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist (Society for General Use), dies at 81 1805 Event Female Charitable Society, first woman's club in America 1804 Death John Wedgwood, founder (Royal Horticulture Society), dies 1796 Event Boston African Society establishes with 44 members 1794 Event John Dalton 1st lecture to Manchester Literary/Philosophical Society 1793 Event Humane Society of Philadelphia (1st aid society) organized 1792 Event Baptist Missionary Society forms in London 1792 Event Humane Society of Massachusetts incorporated (erected life-saving stations for distressed mariners) 1790 Event Society of Friends petitions Congress for abolition of slavery 1789 Event Society of St. Tammany is formed by Revolutionary War soldiers. It later becomes an infamous group of New York City political bosses 1788 Birthday Sarah Hale, founder, Seaman's Aid Society of Boston 1787 Event Philadelphia's Free African Society forms 1787 Event Philadelphia's Free Africa Society organizes 1785 Event Philadelphia Society for the Promotion of Agriculture organized 1780 Event 2nd oldest learned society in U.S. (American Academy of Arts and Sciences) forms (Boston) 1777 Event Captain Cook leaves Society Islands 1776 Event Adam Weishaupt founds secret society of Illuminati 1775 Event 1st abolitionist society in U.S. organizes in Philadelphia 1766 Event Society of the Dutch Literary forms 1764 Birthday John Goodricke, English astronomer/member Royal Society 1764 Birthday John Barrow, England, founded Royal Geographical Society 1740 Birthday Elias Boudinot, lawyer/patriot, found American Biblical Society 1733 Event Society of Freemasons opens 1st American lodge in Boston 1724 Birthday John Nieuwenhuijzen, theologist/co-founder, Society of It General 1687 Event Isaac Newton's 'Principia' published by Royal Society in England 1684 Death William Brouncker, 2nd viscount/1st President of Royal Society, dies 1672 Event Isaac Newton reads 1st optics paper before Royal Society in London 1668 Event Mass society storms palace of "heretics" Spanish Governor Jose de Paternina 1665 Event Philosophical Transactions of Royal Society starts publishing 1662 Event England's King Charles II charters Royal Society in London 1662 Event Royal Society incorporates 1660 Event London Royal Society forms 1644 Event 1st protestant ministry society in New England 1619 Event Remonstrant Society forms in Antwerp 1556 Death St. Ignatius of Loyola, founder of Society of Jesus, dies in Rome 1540 Event Pope Paul III recognizes Society of Jesus/Order of the Jesuits 1540 Event Society of Jesus (Jesuits) founded by Ignatius Loyola 1534 Event Ignatius of Loyola forms society of Jesus/Jesuits 1315 Event Swiss Woudsteden renews Eternal Covenant (Oath Society)
