January 15, 1902: A.B. Graham founds "The Tomato Club," a youth agricultural program in Clark County, west-central Ohio. This is considered the birth of 4-H clubs.
Later that year, in Douglas County, west-central Minnesota, T.A. Erickson started an agricultural after-school club. Eventually, this club, Graham's Tomato Club, and others would be joined under the 4-H banner.
Jessie Field Shambaugh developed the familiar 4-leaf clover logo. By 1912, the name "4-H Club" had been adopted nationwide. In 1918, Otis H. Hall wrote The 4-H Pledge, spelling out what the 4 H's officially stand for:
I pledge my head to clearer thinking,
my heart to greater loyalty,
my hands to larger service,
and my health to better living,
for my club, my community, my country, and my world.
my heart to greater loyalty,
my hands to larger service,
and my health to better living,
for my club, my community, my country, and my world.
The words "and my world" were officially added only in 1973.
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January 15, 1902 was a Wednesday. Saud bin Abdulaziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Mohammed bin Saud, King of Saudi Arabia from 1953 to 1964, was born on this day.
There were no scores on this historic day: Baseball and football were out of season, and basketball existed only on an amateur level. On January 23, the Winnipeg Victorias won the Stanley Cup, defeating the Toronto Wellingtons in two games of what was meant to be a best-two-out-of-three series.
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