Formed in 1971, the award-winning Channahon Park District maintains numerous parks, facilities and plans a variety of programs and activities for all ages throughout the year.

Formed in 1971 as strictly a bus system, MARTA operates a network of bus routes linked to a rapid transit system consisting of of rail track with 38 train stations.

Formed in 1925 by Miguel Matamoros ( Santiago de Cuba, 8 May 1894 – 15 April 1971 ; guitar ), Rafael Cueto ( Santiago de Cuba, 14 March 1900 – 7 August 1991 ; guitar ) and Siro Rodriguez ( Santiago de Cuba, 9 December 1899 – Regla, 29 March 1981 ; maracas and claves ).

Formed during 1971, A Taste of Honey hailed from Los Angeles, California.

Formed in 1976 from the foreign owned copper companies that were nationalised in 1971.

Formed in 1971 at RAF Odiham as the RAF's first Puma squadron, the squadron has flown in a large number of operations.

Formed in 1971, they played in Edinburgh at the Fernieside Recreation Ground and wore red strips ( uniforms ) with white arms ( similar in style to the Arsenal strip ).

Formed as a split from the Social Right, in July 2007 the group finally left AN and launched The Right.

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 1994 in Vienna, the classical chamber music group is an internationally acclaimed piano trio.

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

Formed in London in 1988 as Seymour, the group consists of singer / keyboardist Damon Albarn, guitarist / singer Graham Coxon, bassist Alex James and drummer Dave Rowntree.

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 1996, Mapogo a Mathamaga of South Africa provides protection for paying members of this group.

Formed in 1961 by a group of enthusiasts in New Barnet under the conductorship of Terry Hawes, Southgate College Symphony Orchestra continued as an evening class within Southgate College until July 2005, having become semi-autonomous in 1997.

Formed her own girl group called " Leather Tuscadero and the Suedes ".

Formed on May 31, 1999 by Ivan Shapovalov, the group signed a deal with independent label Neoformat, then later signed with Universal Music Russia, and finally with Interscope Records in 2001.

Formed as an amateur outfit by a rag-tag group of Rochester-area teenagers after the turn of the twentieth century ( a 1925 report has the team being founded in 1898 ), the team became known as the Jeffersons in reference to the locale of their playing field on Jefferson Avenue.

Formed under the name " The Nightlife Thugs ," the group agreed on the name change to the " Boomtown Rats " after a gang that Geldof read about in Woody Guthrie's autobiography, Bound for Glory.

Formed in the early 1990s, the group was originally called " The Band-Aid Boys ".

Formed in 1997, the group has released six full-length albums, their most recent being No Devolución, which was released in April 2011 on Epitaph Records.

Formed while Aames was in junior high school, the group eventually landed a recording contract with CBS Custom Label.

Formed in 1948, the group has its origins as the public transport operator for the city of Paris.

Formed in early 1996 under then name of " Stuff ," the band consisted of members Chelsey Pieratt, Chris Billings, brothers Andy and Nic Higham, and Dustin Sanders, all members of a Christian youth group who wanted to promote their faith through their various musical talents.

Formed in 1985, the group owns BR standard class 5 No. 73156 which has been undergoing extensive restoration since arrival and numerous storage vans.

Formed in 1985 by vocalist Franz Treichler, the group used digital sampling to create an intense amalgamation of classical and rock music and became pioneers of industrial music.

Formed in 1992, the group released their first EP Under the Moonspell in 1994, a year before the release of their first album Wolfheart.

Formed in 1999, the group is known for its long and fast guitar solos, fantasy-based lyrics, and electronic sounds in their music to add to their retro video game-influenced sound.

Formed in 1993 as a techno group, with extra member Sami Salo ( who later left the group ), they moved to operate from a base in Barcelona to escape the long Finnish winters.

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 1991 as a coalition of centre-left parties, it was formally established as a single party on 15 April 1999.

Formed from land along the Potomac River that the states of Maryland and Virginia ceded to the federal government of the United States in accordance with the Residence Act, the territory that became the original District of Columbia was a square measuring on each side, totaling.

Formed in 1651 in the Virginia Colony, the county was named for Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester, third son of King Charles I of Great Britain.

Formed in 1892, the club traditionally represented the inner-Melbourne suburb of Collingwood, and was based at Victoria Park in Abbotsford ; the club is now based in the Melbourne Sports and Entertainment Precinct in Melbourne, playing its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground and with its training and administrative base in Gosch's Paddock and the Westpac Centre.

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 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 from Botetourt, Roanoke, Giles, and Monroe ( in present-day West Virginia ) Counties in 1851, it was enlarged with several subsequent additions from neighboring counties.

Formed from part of Pulaski County on January 29, 1841, Wright County was named in honor of Silas Wright, a prominent New York Democrat.

Formed in 1830, it was named for the St. Joseph River which flows through it toward Lake Michigan.

Formed on December 21, 1816, Pike County was the first county formed after Indiana became a state.

Formed in 1870 during Reconstruction after the US Civil War, Douglas County was originally named by the reconstruction legislature after Frederick Douglass, the Civil War-era abolitionist.

Formed up on a Military training area and artillery range outside Valcartier, northwest of Quebec City, CARDE was one of a number of research divisions of the DRB that were well funded in the immediate post-war era.

Formed from land donated by the states of Maryland and Virginia, the initial shape of the federal district was a square measuring on each side, totaling.

Formed in May 1874 from white militias, the White League in Louisiana was increasingly well-organized in rural areas like Red River Parish.

Formed from portions of Sullivan, Trenton and Plantation No. 8, the town was incorporated by the state legislature on February 21, 1828 and named for John Hancock, signer of the Declaration of Independence.

Formed from a part of Landaff known as Eastern Landaff, Easton was incorporated in 1876.

Formed as " Poquanock Township " on March 25, 1740 as one of the largest townships in the region, this bedroom community composed of Pompton Plains in its northern portion and old Pequannock in its southern was once a vast region of rural farmland settled by the Dutch after its purchase by Arent Schuyler and associates in 1695 & 1696.

Formed by the Pastors Union of Lima, the 13-bed facility was the first community hospital in northwest Ohio.

Formed in 1822, it is named for American Revolutionary War Commander John Barry and was formed from parts of Norwegian and Schuylkill Townships.

Formed in 1857 from part of North Manheim Township, it was founded by and named for John Chapman Cresson, a Philadelphia civil engineer and manager of the Schuylkill Navigation Company, President of the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven Railroad and chief engineer of Fairmount Park, Philadelphia.

Formed in 1677, it was named for Greenwich, England.

Formed that year was Airborne Brokerage Services.

Formed in April 1966, Buffalo Springfield was plagued by infighting, drug-related arrests, and line-up changes that led to the group's disbanding after just two years.

Formed in the mid ‘ 80s, Doom played a gig in the United States in October 1988 at CBGB, and was active until 2000 when disbanded.