Founded in 1987, Quest develops, manufactures and supports software used by Information Technology ( IT ) professionals in a variety of industries.

Founded in 1987 and devoted to Contemporary Art, Kunstverein Arnsberg has presented solo exhibitions by artists as George Baselitz, Thomas Ruff, Karin Sander, Dan Perjovschi, Boris Mikhailov, Gregor Schneider, Erwin Wurm, The Turner Prize winner Susan Philipsz and The Marcel Duchamp Prize winner Laurent Grasso.

Founded in 1987 by Richard Taylor and Tania Rodger as RT Effects, Weta Workshop has produced creatures and makeup effects for the TV series Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and Xena: Warrior Princess and effects for films such as Meet The Feebles and Heavenly Creatures.

Founded in 1987.

Founded in 1987, the group's image was originally more militant, and was intended to be a tribute to social activists The Black Panthers.

Founded in 1987, the Aresty Institute has expanded its reach from the Wharton campus to a worldwide network of programs offered under its " Global Wharton " umbrella in Asia, India, Europe, and the Middle East.

Founded in 1987, Nando's operates in thirty countries on five continents.

Founded in 1987, it was acquired by Ziff-Davis in 1988.

Incorporated in 1987 — Founded as MPRI by eight former senior military leaders.

According to their website, " Founded in 1987 by an interfaith coalition of laity and clergy, the Institute for Christian & Jewish Studies offers a variety of educational programs that highlight the distinctiveness of the Jewish and Christian traditions and confront the dangerous misunderstandings that have evolved in our two communities.

Founded in 1983 by Frank and Sylvia Thornley, it began as a FidoNet bulletin board system, but in 1987 was relaunched commercially as CIX.

Founded in 1987 the Oxford study abroad program began as a summer option and expanded to include spring in 1994.

Founded in 1963, its members were Abilene Christian College ( now Abilene Christian University ; departed 1973 for NCAA Division II, but will move to Division I and rejoin the Southland effective 2013 ), Arkansas State College ( now Arkansas State University ; departed 1987, now a member of the Sun Belt Conference ), Arlington State College ( now The University of Texas at Arlington, which joined the Western Athletic Conference in 2012 and will move to the Sun Belt in 2013 ), Lamar State College of Technology ( now Lamar University, left in 1987 and re-joined in 1999 ; the only founding school that is currently a member ), and Trinity University ( departed 1971, now participating in NCAA Division III ).

Founded in 1987 by Les Edgar and Peter Molyneux.

Founded in 1987, TSMC is the world's first dedicated semiconductor foundry.

Founded in 1987 in Isla Vista, California by Mark Orfalea and Pierre Dube, the restaurant chain expanded into Texas in 1990.

Founded by Terry Jarvis, Craig Heatley, Trevor Farmer and Alan Gibbs in 1987 as Sky Media Limited.

Founded in 1906 by Polish immigrant Jacob Sapirstein ( 1885 – 1987 ), who sold cards from a horse-drawn cart, American Greetings has been run by members of the family since its inception.

Founded in 1987 by Steven Hager, the High Times Cannabis Cup takes place each November in Amsterdam.

Founded in 1945, originally as a colliery team ( Hucknall Colliery Welfare FC ), changing its name to Hucknall Town in 1987 after closure of the pit.

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 on November 22, 1987, the goal of Gamma Phi Beta is “ to foster a nurturing environment that provides women the opportunity to achieve their potential through lifelong commitment to intellectual growth, individual worth, and service to humanity ”.

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

Founded as an explicitly Christian democratic group, it declined at first but reversed its fortunes in the 1980s and 1990s when, as a result of the gradual enlargement of the EPP ( party ), it started to pick up members from other centre-right but non-Christian democratic parties.

Founded by former social-democrat party strongman Jan Nagel, it was initially held at bay for alderman positions.

Founded by Rabbi Meir Kahane in the early 1970s, and following his Jewish nationalist ideology ( subsequently dubbed Kahanism ), the party entered the Knesset in 1984 after several electoral failures.

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

Founded August 7, 1849, by George Phipps and party, Georgetown was nicknamed " Growlersburg " because of the heavy gold-laden quartz rocks that " growled " in the miners ' pants pockets as they walked around town.

Founded by Ian Paisley and currently led by Peter Robinson, it is currently the largest party in the Northern Ireland Assembly and the fourth-largest party in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Founded in 1908 as the Agrarian League, the party represented rural communities and supported decentralisation of political power from Helsinki.

Founded in the aftermath of the First World War by socialists opposed to the war, led by Rosa Luxemburg, after her death the party became gradually ever more committed to Leninism and later Stalinism.

Founded in 1978 by Lieutenant General ( retd ) Ziaur Rahman, the Seventh President of Bangladesh, the party has evolved into one of the most powerful and influential political entities in South Asia.

Founded in 1918, the Communist Party of Greece (, Kommounistikó Kómma Elládas ), better known by its initials, ΚΚΕ ( usually pronounced by Greeks as " koo-koo-eh " or " kappa-kappa-epsilon "), is the oldest party on the Greek political scene.

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 1963, the party fielded humorous candidates in many ridings with a satirical platform.

Founded in 1915, it was the governing party of the country from 4 June 1948 until 9 May 1994.

Founded as part of a peasants movement against the landed aristocracy, today it is espouses an economic liberal pro-free market ideology, it is the major party of the centre-right in Denmark, and the largest party in the country.

Founded by Louis Pio in 1871, the party first entered the Folketing in 1884.

Founded in 2001 by members of a number of existing parties, the party won a landslide victory in the 2002 election, winning over two-thirds of parliamentary seats.

Founded by Andrzej Lepper in 1992, the party initially fared poorly, failing to enter the Sejm.

Founded in 1891 by radical liberals, it is the oldest political party active in Argentina.

Founded by Christina Marrs, Wammo and Guy Forsyth after a legendary party at the famous Dabbs Hotel along the Llano River in Texas, the band began by busking on the streets of Austin and playing for tips in bars.

Founded in 1955, the party is led by Claude Meisch.

Founded in 1919, the UPR became the dominant party in Alsace during the Interwar era.