First Rotary club organized in Chicago,
Illinois, USA
Second club formed in San Francisco,
California, USA
First Rotary convention held in Chicago
First club outside US formed in Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada
Endowment fund, forerunner of The Rotary
Foundation, established
Lancaster Rotary became club 375 with 25 charter members
4-Way Test formulated by Chicago Rotarian
Herbert J. Taylor
Forty-nine Rotarians help draft United
Nations Charter in San Francisco
Rotary founder Paul Harris dies; first 18
Rotary Foundation scholarships
First Interact club formed in Melbourne,
Florida, USA
Rotary Foundation launches Matching Grants
and Group Study Exchange programs
RI's largest convention, with 39,834
registrants, held in Tokyo
Rotary announces PolioPlus program to
immunize all the children of the world against polio
Council on Legislation opens Rotary to
women;
Rotary clubs chartered in Budapest, Hungary, and Warsaw, Poland,
for first time in almost 50 years.
Rotary Club of Moscow chartered first club
in Soviet Union
Preserve Planet Earth program inspires some
2,000 Rotary-sponsored environment projects
Western Hemisphere declared polio-free
Rotary Centers for International Studies in
Peace and Conflict Resolution established
Western Pacific declared polio-free
30,000th Rotary club chartered
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