Portal:Scouting/Selected anniversaries archive
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- JANUARY -
2nd
- 1911 – The National Council office is established at 200 Fifth Avenue in New York City.
4th
- 1912 – The Scout Association is formed throughout the British Commonwealth.
7th
- 1999 – 19th World Scout Jamboree ends at Picarquin Hacienda, Rancagua City, Chile (began Dec. 27, 1998).
- 2003 – 20th World Scout Jamboree ends in Sattahip, Chonburi Province Thailand (began Dec. 28, 2002).
8th
- 1941 – Robert Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting, dies in Nyeri, Kenya.
17th
- 1927 – Juliette Gordon Low, the founder of Girl Scouts of the USA, dies in Savannah, Georgia.
24th
- 1908 - Robert Baden-Powell begins the Boy Scout movement.
- FEBRUARY -
Scout Sunday
- annual – This is often the first Sunday of the month, but could be any Sunday in February; it varies by unit and locale. Scouts go to their places of worship in uniform and help with the service. Commonly referred to as "Scout Sunday".
8th
- 1910 – The Boy Scouts of America is formed in Washington, DC.
22nd
- 1857 – Birthday of Robert Baden-Powell, "BP", the founder of Scouting. February is Scouting's anniversary month, all over the world.
- 1889 – Birthday of Olave Baden-Powell, wife of "BP", World Chief Guide; BP and Olave shared a birthday!
- MARCH -
12th
- 1912 – The Girl Scouts of the USA is founded by Juliette Gordon Low in Savannah, Georgia.
- APRIL -
12th
- 1923 – Kandersteg International Scout Centre came into existence.
- MAY -
26th
- 1940 – The Girl Scouts of the Philippines is founded.
- JUNE -
15th
- 1916 – U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signs a bill incorporating the Boy Scouts of America, making them the only American youth organization with a federal charter.
19th
- 1977 – Death of Olave Baden-Powell
30th
- 1937 – First National Jamboree, held at Washington, DC. Ran June 30-July 9. Was to have been in 1935, but was cancelled due to a polio epidemic.
- 1950 – Second National Jamboree, held at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, begins. Ran June 30-July 6.
- JULY -
4th
- 1911 – The Boy Scouts of America receives the design patent for the First Class badge that symbolizes Scouting in the USA.
6th
- 1950 – Second National Jamboree ends. (began June 30th)
9th
- 1937 – First National Jamboree ends. (began June 30th)
25th
- 2005 – Sixteenth National Jamboree starts.
29th
- 1907 – Sir Robert Baden-Powell founds the Boy Scouts with the first Scout camp at Brownsea Island. The encampment ran August 1-9, 1907.
30th
- 1920 – First World Scout Jamboree begins in Olympia, London, England (ended Aug 7th).
31st
- 1932 – Opening of Our Chalet
- AUGUST -
1st-9th
- 1907 – Robert Baden-Powell holds the first Scouting encampment at Brownsea Island. He began setting camp up on July 29, 1907.
- 1971 – 13th World Scout Jamboree begins, in Fujinomiya City on Asagiri-kogen, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan, with breathtaking views of Mount Fuji.
1st-11th
- 1995 – 18th World Scout Jamboree Dronten, Flevoland, Netherlands.
3rd
- 2005 – Sixteenth National Jamboree ends.
6th
- 1900 – William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt, the father of American Scouting, is born in Denmark.
7th
- 1920 – 1st World Scout Jamboree ends (began Jul 30th).
18th-28th
- 1955 – 8th World Scout Jamboree begins in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada. This was the first major international gathering of Scouts outside of Europe and the first World Jamboree broadcast on television. Olave Baden-Powell visited.
21st
- 1912 – Arthur Rose Eldred becomes the first Eagle Scout in the history of BSA.
- SEPTEMBER -
8th-19th
- 1919 – The first Wood Badge course is held at Gilwell Park, England.
- OCTOBER -
31st
- 1860 – Juliette Low, American founder of the Girl Scouts, is born.
- 1936 – The Boy Scouts of the Philippines is founded.
- NOVEMBER -
9th
- 1992 – William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt, the father of American Scouting, dies in America.
30th
- 1941 – Formation of the clandestine Girl Scouts group called Mury in the Ravensbrück concentration camp
- DECEMBER -
27th
- 1998 – 19th World Scout Jamboree begins at Picarquin Hacienda, Rancagua City, Chile (ends Jan. 7, 1999).
28th
- 2002 – 20th World Scout Jamboree begins in Sattahip, Chonburi Province, Thailand (ends Jan. 7, 2003).
