| 1905 |
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First Rotary Club
organized in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A. |
| 1908 |
|
Second club formed in San Francisco
California, U.S.A. |
| 1910 |
|
First Rotary convention
held in Chicago |
| 1912 |
|
First club outside U.S.
formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| 1917 |
|
Endowment fund,
forerunner of The Rotary Foundation, established |
| 1933 |
|
4-Way Test formulated
by Chicago Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor |
| 1945 |
|
Forty-nine Rotarians help draft United Nations Charter
in San Francisco |
| 1947 |
|
Rotary founder Paul Harris dies;
first 18 Rotary Foundation scholarships granted |
| 1962 |
|
First Interact club formed
in Melbourne, Florida U.S.A. |
| 1965 |
|
Rotary Foundation launches Matching Grants
and Group Study Exchange programs |
| 1978 |
|
Tokyo convention, R.I.'s largest ever
— 39,834 registrants |
| 1985 |
|
Rotary announces PolioPlus program to immunize
all the children of the world against polio |
| 1989 |
|
Council on Legislation
opens Rotary to women |
| 1990 |
|
Rotary Club of Moscow chartered
first ever club in then Soviet Union |
| 1990-1991 |
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Preserve Planet Earth program
inspires some 2,000 Rotary-sponsored environmental projects |
| 1994 |
|
Western Hemisphere
declared polio-free |
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