Founded in 1980, six years after the birth of Dungeons & Dragons, and before the height of role-playing games, SJG created several role-playing and strategy games with science fiction themes.

Founded in March 1980 by Newkirk and fellow animal rights activist Alex Pacheco, the organization first caught the public's attention in the summer of 1981 during what became known as the Silver Spring monkeys case, a widely publicized dispute about experiments conducted on 17 macaque monkeys inside the Institute of Behavioral Research in Silver Spring, Maryland.

Founded in 1966, the ski hill operated intermittently due to varying conditions, and seldom after 1980.

Founded in 1980, the annual event of traditional folk dance and song has become the focal point for the largest gathering of dance teams and musicians in the South of England.

Founded in 1980 by members of Chichester Hockey Club as a fund-raising event, the festival has grown in size and ambition.

Founded in 1869, the party dominated Liberian politics from 1878 until 1980 to the extent that the country was virtually a one-party state, although opposition parties were never outlawed.

Founded in 1980 by Robert Brustein, the A. R. T.

Founded in 1974, Monaghan County Museum is recognised as one of the leading provincial museums in Ireland, with a prestigious Council of Europe Award conferred in 1980, among others, to its credit.

Founded as the Lutheran Bible Institute of Seattle in 1944, the school was located in Seattle for nearly four decades before moving to the Providence Heights campus in Issaquah, Washington, in 1980.

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Founded in 1980 by Luiz Mott, in the city of Salvador, Bahia, the GGB was registered as a non-profit organization in 1983, and was declared a public service organization of the city of Salvador in 1987.

Founded in 1980, the NZ Native Forests Restoration Trust is an organisation involved in forest restoration.

Founded in 1980 by David Blatter with a single armored car in Missoula, Montana, the company now stretches throughout the western US, providing service to Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, Nevada, North Dakota, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington state.

Founded in 1980 in New Orleans as an independent union of Hyatt employees, the union became part of SEIU in 1984.

Founded November 10, 1980, the station is broadcast locally in high-definition on channel 43 ( virtual channel 69. 1 ).

Founded in 1939 Peterbilt operates manufacturing facilities in Denton, Texas ( 1980 ), and Sainte-Thérèse, Quebec.

Founded in 1980, it is located in the 1905 Summit School building, which was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.

Founded in 1980, it specialises in manufacturing ultrafiltration membranes and provides engineering support for its worldwide plants.

Founded in 1980 with a completely female line-up, they became successful outside their native country.

Founded in 1980 as Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. ( which was renamed " Panasonic Corporation " on October 1st, 2008 ) soccer club in Nara Prefecture and a member of the Japan Soccer League.

Founded in November, 1980 as a work of the Society of Jesus, JRS was officially registered on March 19, 2000 in Vatican City as a foundation.

Founded as the Lothian Specialist Music School in 1980, it changed its name in 1996 when Lothian Regional Council was dissolved into four separate unitary councils.

Founded in 1980, it is one of the first niche-oriented television providers in the United States.

Founded in 1980 in New York City's Chinatown, the museum began as the New York Chinatown History Project by historian John Kuo Wei Tchen and community resident and activist Charles Laiand to promote a better understanding of Chinese American history and to address the concern that " the memories and experiences of aging older generations would perish without oral history, photo documentation, research and collecting efforts.

Founded in 1962, New College was the first college to be created within the University of Toronto since the federation with Victoria, Trinity and St. Michael's Colleges.

Founded in 1962 by Toronto pharmacist Murray Koffler, the Company includes more than 1, 200 stores across Canada.

Founded and edited by English freethinker Charles Watts ( 1835 – 1906 ) during its first several years, the editorship was assumed by Toronto printer and publisher James Spencer Ellis in 1891 when Watts returned to England.

Founded in 1905 by Toronto journalist and entrepreneur Lt .- Col. John Bayne Maclean, a 43-year-old trade magazine publisher who purchased an advertising agency's in-house business journal, along with its 5, 000-strong subscription base.

Founded in 1829 by Lieutenant Governor of Upper Canada Major-General Sir John Colborne ( later the Lord Seaton ) in the hopes that it would serve as a " feeder school " to the newly established King's College ( later the University of Toronto ), UCC was modelled on the great independent schools of Britain, most notably Eton College.

Founded in 1987 with the merger of CentreStage and Toronto Free Theatre, the Company is dedicated to programming international contemporary theatre and to developing and producing Canadian works.

Founded in 1928 as a subsidiary of de Havilland Aircraft ( UK ) de Havilland Canada was first located at De Lesseps Field in Toronto, before moving to Downsview in 1929.

Founded in 1933, the company is headquartered in Vancouver, British Columbia, and is a widely held, publicly traded corporation, listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange ( TSX ).

Founded by Toronto grocers Theodore Pringle Loblaw and J. Milton Cork in 1919, Loblaw Groceterias Co. Limited featured many of its own products, individually branded under a variety of labels such as Pride of Arabia Coffee and Jack & Jill Peanut Butter.

Founded in 1807 it is the second oldest high school in Ontario after the Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute, and the oldest high school in Toronto.

Founded in 1983, Onex is headquartered on the 49th floor of Brookfield Place in Toronto, with a branch office in New York City.

Founded in 1995 by Mat Wilcox, the Wilcox Group has offices in Vancouver and Toronto.

Founded in 1986, incorporated in 1993 the Ottawa-Carleton Ultimate Association based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, claims to have the largest summer league in the world with 354 teams and over 5000 players as of 2004.

Founded in 1897 as Sport Club Juventus by a group of young Torinese students, among them, who was their first president, Eugenio Canfari, and his brother Enrico, author of the company's historical memory ; they are managed by the industrial Agnelli family since 1923, which constitutes the oldest sporting partnership in Italy, thus making Juventus the first professional club in the country.

Founded in November 1838 the Melbourne Cricket Club ( MCC ) selected the current MCG site in 1853 after previously playing at several grounds around Melbourne.

Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.

Founded in 1818, Leander Club is the world's oldest public rowing club.

Founded in 1873, the Club won nine premierships in the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) between 1898 and 1924, and one premiership in 1954 since joining the then-Victorian Football League ( VFL ), the predecessor to the AFL, in 1925.

** Motherwell Football Club was Founded.

Founded as Verdi Foot Ball Club in July 1913, the club changed its name in December of the same year.

Founded in 1882, the Fremantle-based Unions Football Club entered WAFA in 1886, attracting many players from the original Fremantle club, and went on to dominate the competition with ten premiership victories.

Founded in the 1880s the " Greetland Cricket & Bowling Club " is still active and the club competes in the " Halifax League ", playing host to teams from around Calderdale and Kirklees.

Founded in 1882, Mallow Rugby Club is one of the oldest rugby clubs in the country and one of the predominant sporting clubs in the area.

Founded as Santos Foot-Ball Club on April 14, 1912 by the initiative of three sports enthusiasts from Santos by the names of Raimundo Marques, Mário Ferraz de Campos, and Argemiro de Souza Júnior, the club has become a symbol of beautiful and exciting football, known in Brazil as " futebol-arte ".

Founded on November 14, 1978 by businessman, televangelist, and philanthropist Pat Robertson, Operation Blessing was originally set up to help struggling individuals and families by matching their needs for items such as clothing, appliances, and vehicles with donated items from viewers of The 700 Club, Robertson's daily television program.

* Thurles Cricket Club ( Founded 2010 )

Founded in the early 1960s during the party's internal debate over decolonisation, its published aims state that " The Monday Club seeks to evolve a dynamic application of traditional Tory principles ".

Founded in 1891 by Isidor Behrens in Stockholm, at the downtown address of Biblioteksgatan 8, the club's full name, " Allmänna Idrottsklubben ", translates to " The General Sports Club " or " The Public Sports Club ".

* The Racquet Club of Philadelphia: Founded in 1889, current location constructed in 1907 by noted architech Horace Trumbauer.

* Rochester Canoe Club – ( Irondequoit, New York ) Founded in 1881 for racing sailing-canoes on Irondequoit Bay, RCC has operated continuously since.

Founded from the amalgamation of Real Unión Deportiva de Valladolid and Club Deportivo Español ( eventually Real Unión ), Valladolid first reached the top level in the 1947 – 48 season, as champions of Segunda División.

Huyton-with-Roby boasts two 18 hole golf courses: Huyton & Prescot Golf Club ( Founded in 1905, it can be found at Hurst Park, Huyton Lane ) and Bowring Golf Club ( According to a sign at the course, it is the oldest municipal golf course in England and can be found at Bowring Park, Roby Road ).

Founded in 1865, Bath Football Club is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in existence.

EK82 Handball Club Founded in 1972, they train at the John Wright Sports Centre and the Alistair McCoist Complex.

Founded in 1971, the University of Arkansas Rugby Club is the longest tenured sports club on campus.