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February 23, 1905
On February 23, 1905, chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
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Featured · February 23, 1905
Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club.
Paul Percy Harris was a Chicago, Illinois-based attorney. He founded the club that became the humanitarian organisation Rotary International in 1905.
Around 1905
The year in brief
1905 (MCMV) was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar and a common year starting on Saturday of the Julian calendar, the 1905th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 905th year of the 2nd millennium, the 5th year of the 20th…
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On February 23, 1905
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1905 Chicago attorney Paul Harris and three other businessmen meet for lunch to form the Rotary Club, the world's first service club. American lawyer (1868–1947)
Paul Percy Harris was a Chicago, Illinois-based attorney. He founded the club that became the humanitarian organisation Rotary International in 1905.
Elsewhere that year
Other moments from 1905
- April 17 The Supreme Court of the United States decides Lochner v. New York, which holds that the "right to free contract" is implicit in the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution.
- April 3 Association football club Boca Juniors is founded in Buenos Aires, Argentina
- April 30 Albert Einstein completes his doctoral thesis at the University of Zurich.
- April 4 In India, an earthquake hits the Kangra Valley, killing 20,000, and destroying most buildings in Kangra, McLeod Ganj and Dharamshala.
- August 10 Russo-Japanese War: Peace negotiations begin in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
- August 13 Norwegians vote to end the union with Sweden.
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