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 1980, Toronto Ultimate Club based in Toronto, has 3300 members and 250 teams, playing year round.

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 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 597, it is the oldest see in the English church.

Founded in 1985 by the local student union AKKU, it is now published by the Stichting Multimedia.

Founded in 1764 prior to American independence from the British Empire as the College in the English Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations early in the reign of King George III ( 1760 – 1820 ), Brown is the third oldest institution of higher education in New England and seventh oldest in the United States.

Founded in 1986, DPP is the first meaningful opposition party in Taiwan.

Founded to preach the Gospel and to combat heresy, the order is famed for its intellectual tradition, having produced many leading theologians and philosophers.

* Animation: Founded in 1960, the Annecy International Animated Film Festival is the oldest international film festival dedicated exclusively to animation.

Founded by New York based artist Mercedes Matter and her students the New York Studio School of Drawing, Painting and Sculpture is an art school formed in the mid 1960s.

Founded in 1933, the Kowloon Motor Bus Company ( 1933 ) Limited ( KMB ) is one of the largest privately-owned public bus operators in the world.

Founded in 1911, Seacourt Tennis club is one of only a handful in the UK where it is possible to play every recognised racquet sport.

Founded by Maharaja Sri-Gupta, the dynasty was the model of a classical civilization. Maurya and Gupta empires are called as the Golden Age of India and were marked by extensive inventions and discoveries in science, technology, art, religion and philosophy that crystallized the elements of what is generally known as Indian culture. The religions of Hinduism and Buddhism, which began in India, were an important influence on South, East and Southeast Asia

Founded in Sweden in 1943 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad, who later became one of the richest people in the world, the company's name is an acronym comprising the initials of the founder's name ( Ingvar Kamprad ), the farm where he grew up ( Elmtaryd ), and his hometown ( Agunnaryd, in Småland, South Sweden ).

Founded in 1858 and coeducational from its start, ISU is classified as a Research University with very high research activity ( RU / VH ) by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

Founded in 1975, the museum is named after its benefactors, Iowa State alumnus Henry J. Brunnier and his wife Ann.

James Madison University ( also known as JMU, Madison, or James Madison ) is a public coeducational research university located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, U. S. Founded in 1908 as the State Normal and Industrial School for Women at Harrisonburg, the university has undergone four name changes before settling with James Madison University.

Founded in 1890 and affiliated with the United Methodist Church, Millsaps is home to approximately 1, 200 students.

Founded in 1941 by Belford D. Maule ( 1911 – 1995 ), it is a family-owned enterprise.

Founded in 1966, the American Society of Nephrology ( ASN ) is the world ’ s largest professional society devoted to the study of kidney disease.

Founded in 1887, Occidental College, or " Oxy " as it is called by students and alumni, is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges on the West Coast.

Founded in 1908, Reed is a residential college with a campus located in Portland's Eastmoreland neighborhood, featuring architecture based on the Tudor-Gothic style, and a forested canyon nature preserve at its center.

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

Founded in 1981, Sri Lanka Muslim Congress is the largest Muslim political party in Sri Lanka.

Founded in the 14th century by the the possibly mythical chief of the Wolof Ndiadiane Ndiaye, who was a Serer of Waalo ( Ndiaye is originally a Serer surname

Founded in 1971, the World Economic Forum is one of the major annual meetings in the world