Rotary is founded in Chicago

February 23, 1905Founding Era, 1905-1911

Attorney Paul P. Harris convenes the first gathering of the Rotary Club of Chicago on Thursday evening, 23 February 1905 — the first of the sixteen clubs that preceded the National Association of Rotary Clubs.

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