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in New York City.
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Begins intense physical fitness regime; continued throughout life
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Receives first pair of eyeglasses at age 13
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Begins education at Harvard University
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Meets Alice Hathaway Lee
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Engaged to Alice Hathaway Lee
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Nominated to vice presidential Republican ticket, a position some considered a political graveya
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Elected vice president
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President McKinley shot while Roosevelt is hiking in the Adirondacks
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Becomes 26th President of the United States, youngest to ever hold the office
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Begins first of 45 antitrust suits to dissolve business monopolies
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Re-elected president
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Presidency ends
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Dies in sleep at Sagamore Hill of a coronary embolism (arterial blood clot), age 60