Certain dates have special significance to members of the Rotary Club of Fulton.

• February 23, 1905 – Rotary International (RI) founded by Paul Harris in Chicago, IL

• 1910 – first Missouri Rotary clubs founded in St. Louis and Kansas City

• 1918 – Rotary clubs founded in Kirksville and Jefferson City

• 1920 – Rotary clubs founded in Hannibal and Moberly

• 1922 – Rotary clubs founded in Jefferson City and Columbia

• February 2, 1923 – Fulton Institutional Dinner at the Palace Hotel (Club founded by
  what is now called Columbia Downtown Rotary)

• February 16, 1923 – Fulton Rotary Club application sent to RI

• March 15, 1923 – Accepted by RI as Club #1381

• J. Burlie McCubbin edited The Cog, club newsletter

• 1926 – 1927 – Ed “Slick” Henderson served as District Governor and attended International Convention in Belgium 

• 1927 – Ovid Bell took over as newsletter editor and changed the name to the Blunderbus

• 1944 – Nolin Courtesy Award began, named for local druggist “Mose” Nolin

• 1948 – 25th-anniversary banquet with Ovid H. Bell, president, and Nick T. Cave, toastmaster

• 1963 – Swinton-Pendlebury, Lancashire, England selected as companion club

• 1973 – 50th-anniversary banquet held at William Woods College

• Henry Danuser becomes 1st Paul Harris Fellow

• 1979 – Rotary Horse Show held at William Woods College

• 1985 – The Story of a Small Town Rotary Club: #1381 written by Charles “Chuck” Jones and printed by The Ovid Bell Press, Inc.

• 1989 - Four women were invited to join the Fulton Rotary Club after the Supreme Court ruled that women should be allowed to become members.

• 2012 – Past President (2010-2011) Mike Beahon selected as District Governor-Nominee; to be DG in 2014-2015

• 2013 – Fulton Rotary celebrates its 90th anniversary with a banquet at Westminster College

• 2014 – Fulton Rotary celebrates the induction of Mike Beahon as District Governor, only the second DG in club history. Ray Klinginsmith of Kirksville, Rotary International president in 2010-11, installed Beahon in front of a crowd of 115 people, including Rotarians from Kansas and Arkansas.  Sadly, Mike passed away from kidney failure two weeks after being inducted as the District Governor.

• 2015 - Fulton Rotary establishes Calllaway Cup Mouse Races as an annual fundraiser for the club.

• 2016 - A Rotaract Club is established at William Woods University.

• 2017 - An Evening Satellite Rotary Club is established.

• 2018 - An Interact Club is established at Fulton High School.