Rotary International is a worldwide service organisation whose members are business and professional people who volunteer to help communities. It was founded in Chicago by the lawyer Paul Harris, together with three friends, at the first meeting in 1905, and it took its name from the early habit of rotating meetings between members' offices. Its motto is Service Above Self, and its local clubs raise money and run projects in health, education, clean water and peace. Since 1985 its PolioPlus programme has been a leading partner in the global campaign to eradicate polio, which has reduced cases by more than ninety-nine percent. The movement spread rapidly and now has clubs in most countries of the world.
Before and after
- 9 January 1905Bloody Sunday
- from 22 January 1905 to 16 June 1907Russian Revolution of 1905
- 26 January 1905Discovery of Cullinan Diamond
- 2 February 1905Birth of Ayn Rand
- 23 February 1905Founding of Rotary International
- 10 March 1905Founding of Chelsea F.C.
- 24 March 1905Death of Jules Verne
- 30 April 1905First match of the Netherlands national association football team
- 11 May 1905Birth of Mikhail Sholokhov
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- from 19 July 1848 to 20 July 1848The Seneca Falls Convention
- 17 February 1863Founding of International Committee of the Red Cross
- 14 September 1867Karl Marx publishes Das Kapital
- 29 November 1899Founding of FC Barcelona
- 30 June 1908Tunguska event
The era
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