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• Feb 01, 2006 - Lord Robert Baden-Powell founded the Scouting movement in 1907 after being inspired the actions of young boys during the Second Boer War. Shortly thereafter, he resigned his commission as a Lieutenant General in the British Army to devote himself full time to the Scouting movement. His legacy lives on amongst millions of Scouts and Scouters in well over 130 countries and territories.

Note: this was our first one, placed in the portal when the portal was created on Jan 28, 2006.

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• Feb 28, 2006 - Olave Baden-Powell was educated by her father, her mother Katharine (nee Hill), and a number of governesses at home. Home repeatedly changed, as her father continually moved house as he travelled. Olave became keen on outdoor sports including tennis, swimming, football, skating and canoeing, and also played the violin. In January 1912, Olave met Second Boer War hero and founder of the Scouts and Girl Guides Robert Baden-Powell on an ocean liner (Arcadia) on the way to New York to start one of his Scouting World Tours. She was 23, he 55, and they shared the same birthday. They became engaged in September of the same year, causing a media sensation. To avoid press intrusion, they married in secret on October 30, 1912.

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• Mar 31, 2006 - Jorge B. Vargas (August 24, 1890 – February 22, 1980) was a lawyer and youth advocate born in Bago City, Negros Occidental. He graduated valedictorian from Bacolod High School in 1909 and obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911 and a Bachelor of Law degree with honors in 1914, both from the University of the Philippines. He was a founding member of the Philippine Amateur Athletic Federation in 1911 and served in its Executive Committee in 1918.

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• Apr 30, 2006 - William "Green Bar Bill" Hillcourt (August 6, 1900 - November 9, 1992) is considered by many to be the father of American Boy Scouting and the Scoutmaster to the World due to his prolific writings and teachings in the areas of troop and patrol structure, training, and the development of the American adaptation of the Wood Badge program. While he was not the founder of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), he is considered to be second in influence upon the program only to Robert Baden-Powell himself. He was a Danish Knight Scout (equivalent of Eagle Scout) who moved to th USA and took a job with the BSA.

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• May 31, 2006 - Lloyd Monserratt (1966-2003), was born in Los Angeles, California. Lloyd was the eldest son of Ecuadorian immigrants Carlos and Olga Monserratt. His father was an architect and named his eldest son after Frank Lloyd Wright. Lloyd graduated from UCLA and was politically active, especially on behalf of minorities. He died from complications during surgery.

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• Jun 30, 2006 - Jim Lovell is a retired US Navy Captain who was a pilot and astronaut. Lovell is most famous for bringing back the crippled Apollo 13 back to safety. He flew on Gemini 7, Gemini 12, and Apollo 8. At one time he had seen more sunrises than any human in history. He is also an Eagle Scout, Distinguished Eagle Scout Award recipient, graduate of the United States Naval Academy, Korean War veteran, and past president of the National Eagle Scout Association.

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• Jul 31, 2006 - Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden (Carl Gustaf Folke Hubertus) - is the King of Sweden. Carl XVI is very supportive of Scouting and often participates in Scout activities both in Sweden and abroad. He attended the National Scout jamboree in Virginia, United States in 1981 and was awarded the Bronze Wolf, the only distinction of the World Organization of the Scout Movement, awarded by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1982. He also presents Nobel Prizes.

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• Aug 31, 2006 - Dr. James E. West (1876–1948) was a lawyer and an advocate of children's rights, who become the first professional Chief Scout Executive of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), serving from 1911-1943. Upon his retirement from the BSA, West was given the title of Chief Scout. Though many disliked him, especially youth, it was his organizational skills that made the BSA the strong national Scouting association that it is. He was an orphan, Mason, Knight of Pythias and on the cover of TIME magazine on July 12, 1937.

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• Sep 30, 2006 - Quah Chow Cheung (柯昭璋) was the Colony Commissioner of The Scout Association of Hong Kong from 1950 to 1953, succeeding Nelson Victor Halward. He was the first Chinese Colony Commissioner in Hong Kong Scouting. Before that appointment, he was appointed by Halward as one of two Chinese District Commissioner and cared the development of Scouting in Kowloon and south New Territories of Hong Kong. During the Battle of Hong Kong in World War II, Quah was a Lance Corporal in Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. He was hurt in the defense of Stonecutter's Island and thus escaped from the next lethal attacked by Japanese forces in Wong Nai Chung Gap on December 1941. After the surrender of Japan in 1945, he and Halward actively re-established Scouting in Hong Kong.

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• Oct 31, 2006 - Major-General Georges-Philéas Vanier, PC DSO MC & Bar was a Canadian soldier and diplomat who was Governor General of Canada from 1959-1967. General Vanier encouraged young people to work hard and achieve excellence. His commitment to youth was evident in his enjoyment of his role as Canada's Chief Scout and his active support of the Scouting movement. He initiated in 1967 the Vanier Awards for Outstanding Young Canadians, which recognized excellence in the Canadian Junior Chamber of Commerce. And to recognize excellence in public service at the federal, provincial or municipal level, the Vanier Medal of the Institute of Public Administration of Canada was established in 1962.

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• Nov 30, 2006 - Piet J. Kroonenberg is the historical consultant to the European Scout Committee. He has written books and articles about Scouting during World War II and postWar Scouting in Central and Eastern Europe. He is also a Dutch Scoutmaster and Scouting historian, he participated in the Dutch Resistance and the events of A Bridge Too Far. Kroonenberg served in the British Army from 1944-1947. He was awarded the Bronze Wolf by the World Scout Committee for exceptional services to world Scouting, in 1996, for his outstanding contributions to International Scouting. Kroonenberg was also awarded the highest Russian Scout distinction, the Order of the Bronze Beaver. His books The Forgotten Movements and The Undaunted, as well as numerous articles, chronicle the history of Scouting in Europe.

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• Dec 31, 2006 - Agnes Baden-Powell is the younger sister of Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, and is most noted for her work in establishing the Girl Guides movement as a female counterpart to her older brother's Scouting Movement. Their father, Reverend Baden Powell, was the Savilian Chair of Geometry at the University of Oxford. Her mother, Henrietta Grace Smyth, was the third wife of the reverend (the previous two having died), and was a gifted musician and artist. Agnes also became an accomplished musician, playing the organ, piano and violin. She also had many varied interests, including natural history and astronomy, and kept bees at her home. Following the creation of the Boy Scout Association, Robert Baden-Powell organised a gathering of Scouts at the Crystal Palace in London. He was mildly surprised to see a significant number of self-styled Girl Scouts who sought to imitate their brothers and join in with the Scouting phenomenon. However, Edwardian ideals prohibited young women participating in the more vigorous activities that were a part of Scouting, and so Robert asked his sister Agnes to help with the creation of the Girl Guide movement.