Formed in 1955, the San Francisco Botanical Garden Society ( formerly the Strybing Arboretum Society ) operates the Helen Crocker Russell Library of Horticulture, a bookstore, and monthly plant sales, and offers a wide range of community education programs for children and adults.

Formed in 1955, they are most widely recognized for their hit single " At the Hop ", which was released in 1957.

Formed in 1955 the club plays its home games at King Fahd Stadium and Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium.

Formed by Harry Wayne Casey (" KC ") and Richard Finch, Miami's KC and the Sunshine Band had a string of disco-definitive top-five hits between 1975 and 1977, including " Get Down Tonight ", " That's the Way ( I Like It )", "( Shake, Shake, Shake ) Shake Your Booty ", " I'm Your Boogie Man " and " Keep It Comin ' Love ".

Formed in 1996, the band rose to international fame with their debut album Hybrid Theory, which was certified Diamond by the RIAA in 2005 and multi-platinum in several other countries.

Formed in 1975, the RENAMO ( Mozambican National Resistance ), an anti-communist group sponsored by the Rhodesian Intelligence Service, and sponsored by the apartheid government in South Africa as well as the United States after Zimbabwe's independence, launched a series of attacks on transport routes, schools and health clinics, and the country descended into civil war.

Formed in 1989 by the G7 countries, the FATF is an intergovernmental body whose purpose is to develop and promote an international response to combat money laundering.

Formed by the Prussian Ministry of the Interior on April 15, 1919, for the purpose to allow citizens to protect themselves from looters, armed gangs, and revolutionaries.

Formed in 1928 by a group of intellectuals, the League sought a new era in national life that would witness a great political and social rebirth.

Formed by seven sporting societies with approximately 800 members, by 1892 the association had expanded to 62 societies with 7, 000 members.

Formed by some composers in the neighborhood of Estácio, including Alcebíades Barcellos ( aka Bide ) Armando Marçal, Ismael Silva, Nilton Bastos and the more " malandros " such as Baiaco, Brancura, Mano Edgar, Mano Rubem, the " Turma do Estácio " marked the history of the Brazilian samba by injecting more pace to the genre one performed, which has the endorsement of the youth's middle class, as the ex-student of law Ary Barroso and former student of medicine Noel Rosa.

Formed in 1918 immediately after World War I as the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes by union of the State of Slovenes, Croats and Serbs and the Kingdom of Serbia.

Formed at Hannoversch Münden by the confluence of the rivers Fulda and Werra, it flows through Lower Saxony, then reaching the Hanseatic-town Bremen ( see: Hanseatic League ), before emptying 50 km further north at Bremerhaven into the North Sea.

Formed by amalgamations of once-independent canals, the ' Leicester Line ' of the Grand Union Canal runs north from Norton Junction for about 35 miles ( 56 km ) until it reaches Leicester, where it joins the River Soar to provide a link to the River Trent and to the Trent and Mersey Canal.

The Magnetometer Support Unit: Formed to ensure that all persons entering secure areas occupied by Secret Service protectees are unarmed, the Secret Service began relying on magnetometer ( metal detector ) support by Uniformed Division officers to augment its protective efforts away from the White House following the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan.

Formed in 1903 by Emmeline Pankhurst, the WSPU brought together those who felt strongly that militant, confrontational tactics were needed in order to achieve women's suffrage.

Formed by a delta plain at the confluence of the Ganges ( Padma ), Brahmaputra ( Jamuna ), and Meghna Rivers and their tributaries, Bangladesh's alluvial soil is highly fertile, but vulnerable to flood and drought.

Formed in Hermosa Beach, California by guitarist and lyricist Greg Ginn, they played their first show in December 1977.

Formed in 1990 by the equal merger of Sky Television and British Satellite Broadcasting, BSkyB is the largest pay-TV broadcaster in the United Kingdom and Ireland with over 11 million subscribers.

Formed in 1989 by brothers Javier, Oscar, and Edgar Galvan, and friend Eddie Gonzalez, the band gained prominence in the mid-1990s with a string of hit albums.

Formed in the winter of 2007 by Seth Newton, Eric Trabucco, Brian Marcou, David Jewers ( 2007 – 2010 ) and Roderick Macdonald ( 2007 – 2008 ).

Formed out of Thurston County on December 22, 1852, by the legislature of Oregon Territory, it was named for U. S. President Franklin Pierce.

Formed by Gira in 1982, Swans employed a shifting lineup of musicians until their dissolution in 1997.

Formed originally as Henrico Shire, and shortly thereafter termed a " county ", Henrico County was named for Henricus, a community founded in 1611 by Sir Thomas Dale.

Formed by the Alliance Démocratique, the Fédération Républicaine, Action Liberale ( issued from the right-wing members who had " rallied " themselves to the Republic ), the nationalists and a part of the radicals, the Bloc National had played on the red scare following the 1917 October Revolution to win the elections.

Formed in 1969, the group consists of Billy Gibbons ( guitar and vocals ), Dusty Hill ( bass and vocals ), and Frank Beard ( percussion ).

Formed by Raul Porchetto, it featured a young Alejandro Lerner, and musicians like Gustavo Basterrica and Frank Ojsterseck.

Formed in 1986 by singer Dallas Denery and singer / guitarist Matt Buenrostro with Crispy Jim ( later of The Saddlebacks ) on bass and Dr. Frank ( the frontman of The Mr. T Experience ) on drums.

Formed by numerous masters throughout the ages through dedicated training and research, the kata are like a map to guide us, and as such should never be changed or tampered with.

Formed in 1983, the band has released 28 albums as of 2011, and become a cottage industry selling over a million albums worldwide despite never having major label backing.

Formed at Catterick, North Yorkshire, on 1 January 1918 as a heavy night bomber unit, No. 118 Squadron never saw service in World War I and was disbanded again on 7 September 1918.

Formed in the late 2001, Nastik became the new leader among the metal bands, solely because of the use of growling vocals ( aided by the fact that even though Ugrakarma is the first death metal band, they really never performed live ).

Formed by actor George Skaff and producer Marc Raymond, the label never achieved any notable status, although they did release a large number of rock and roll records.

Formed into a phalanx formation, they were able to withstand a cavalry charge better than might be expected, especially as Charles had been able to secure the high ground-with trees before him to further confound any cavalry charges.

Formed in imitative style of the Motown girl group The Supremes, the group members had gradually honed their talents with White for two years previously until they signed contracts with Uni Records.

Formed in 1691 in the Virginia Colony, Norfolk County had originally included essentially all the area which became the towns and later cities of Norfolk, Portsmouth, and South Norfolk, but had seen its area frequently reduced as these cities added territory through annexations after 1871.

Formed when the green algae that Awonawilona had made hardened and split.

Formed as a separate company by separation from Petters Ltd just before the start of the Second World War, Westland had been building aircraft since 1915.

Formed by singer, guitarist and songwriter Peter Case ( who had previously fronted power pop band The Nerves ), the Plimsouls began as a trio in 1978 which included Case, bassist Dave Pahoa and drummer Louie Ramírez.

Formed in 1988, the committee had 85 current members and jurisdiction of 38 approved standards.

Formed in 1964, the San Franciscan Society for Individual Rights ( SIR ) had a new openness and a more participatory democratic structure.

The title of the sale did not mention Ferrary by name, but read as follows: “ Catalogue of the Famous and Remarkable Collection of British and Colonial Coins, Patterns & Proofs from George III to the Present Day, Formed by a Nobleman, Recently Deceased .” The catalogue had 710 lots and 15 plates.

Formed in 1899 they have had periods of success throughout their history although not as much as their rivals Irvine Meadow.

The Kataeb party was Formed in 1936 as a Maronite paramilitary youth organization by Pierre Gemayel who modeled the party after Spanish Falange and Italian Fascist parties he had observed as an Olympic athlete during the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, then Nazi Germany.

Formed in 1995, it has had a huge impact on the modern classical scene in the Faroe Islands.

Formed in 1987, the Marxist Party had very few members, but did retain the allegiance of Vanessa and Corin Redgrave.

Formed after World War II, Nineteenth Air Force had no units or aircraft permanently assigned.

Formed in 1994 in Hellerup, an upper-class suburb of Copenhagen, they had a profound impact on the Danish indie scene, emerging alongside the likes of Carpark North, Swan Lee and Saybia, amongst others, in 2003.

Formed in 1900 as Anglo Panormitan Athletic and Football Club, the club had various names before assuming its final form in 1987 and is currently the top-ranked football club from the island of Sicily.

Formed in the early 1960s when ska was hot, the Maytals had a reputation for having strong, well-blended voices and a seldom-rivaled passion for their music.

Formed at the end of a period of flux in the theatrical world of London, it had become, by 1603, one of the two leading companies of the city and was subsequently patronised by James I.

Formed in 1992 alongside production partner Mel Simpson, Us3 had two previous incarnations.

Formed from the ashes of two disbanded rival groups that had played the same southern circuit, The Allman Joys ( based in Florida ) and the Men-its ( based in Alabama ), the group was booked in early 1967 into a month-long engagement in St. Louis, Missouri, where they met members of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, whose manager, Bill McEuen, arranged for them a contract with Liberty Records.

Formed in 1986, the perhaps incorrectly named side had initially established itself in Carrara, Queensland, a suburb of the city of Gold Coast, Queensland, some 80 kilometres south of the city of Brisbane.

Formed on 22 August 1990 as a company to invest in commercial stations following the relaxation of station ownership laws, its first investment was a stake in Cornwall's Pirate FM 102 which was designed and launched by former County Sound boss Mike Powell who, after leaving County Sound, had formed Infinity Radio.