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1905
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First Rotary club organized in Chicago, Illinois, USA
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1908
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Second club formed in San Francisco, California, USA
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1910
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First Rotary convention held in Chicago
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1912
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The Rotary Club of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, becomes the first club outside the United States to be officially chartered. (The club was formed in 1910.)
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1917
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Endowment fund, forerunner of The Rotary Foundation, established
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1921
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Rotary Club of Melbourne established (The first Rotary club to be established in Australia)
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1932
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4-Way Test formulated by Chicago Rotarian Herbert J. Taylor
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1945
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Forty-nine Rotarians help draft United Nations Charter in San Francisco
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1947
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Rotary founder Paul Harris dies; first 18 Rotary Foundation scholarships granted
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1962
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First Interact club formed in Melbourne, Florida, USA
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1965
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Rotary Foundation launches Matching Grants and Group Study Exchange programs
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1978
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RI's largest convention, with 39,834 registrants, held in Tokyo
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1985
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Rotary announces PolioPlus program to immunize all the children of the world against polio
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1989
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Council on Legislation opens Rotary membership to women worldwide; Rotary clubs chartered in Budapest, Hungary, and Warsaw, Poland, for first time in almost 50 years
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1990
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Rotary Club of Moscow chartered first club in Soviet Union
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1990-91
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Preserve Planet Earth program inspires some 2,000 Rotary-sponsored environmental projects
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1994
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Western Hemisphere declared polio-free
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1999
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Rotary Centers for International Studies in Peace and Conflict Resolution established
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2000
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Western Pacific declared polio-free
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2001
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30,000th Rotary club chartered
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2002
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Europe declared polio-free; first class of 70 Rotary Peace Scholars begin study
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2003
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Rotarians raise more than US$118 million to support the final stages of polio eradication
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