Some Rotary "Firsts"

SOME ROTARY "FIRSTS"

• The first Rotary club meeting was in Chicago, Illinois, on February 23, 1905.
• The first regular luncheon meetings were in Oakland, California, chartered in 1909.
• The first Rotary convention was in Chicago in 1910.
• The first Rotary club outside of the United States was chartered in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, in 1910.
• The first Rotary club outside of North America was chartered in Dublin, Ireland, in 1911.
• The first Rotary club in a non-English-speaking country was in Havana, Cuba, in 1916.
• The first Rotary club in South America was chartered in Montevideo, Uruguay, in 1918.
• The first Rotary club in Asia was chartered in Manila, Philippines, in 1919.
• The first Rotary club in Africa was chartered in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1921.
• The first Rotary club in Australia was chartered in Melbourne in 1921. (original idea from "Scandal Sheet")