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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.October 27, 1858 New York City, U.S. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
He claimed to have killed McKinley because he was the head of what Czolgosz thought was a corrupt government. -
Wins first full term as President
Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt's victory made him the first president who ascended to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor to win a full term in his own right. -
Elkins Act passed
The Elkins Act specifically prohibited rebates and made the railroad corporation providing the rebate, as well as the shipper receiving it, liable under the law. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
Roosevelt created the National Wildlife Refuge System. While in office, he would go on to create 50 more federal bird reserves and four national game preserves within the refuge system. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
Food and Drugs Act, known simply as the Wiley Act, was a pillar of the Progressive era. Basically of the law rested on the regulation of product labeling rather than pre-market approval. -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Devils Tower was the first United States national monument, presented on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
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It was the first time the government protected land because of its natural beauty so that people could enjoy it. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Theodore Roosevelt's safari into Africa. Landing in Mombasa in 1909, Roosevelt spent months in the wilds of East Africa, hunting big game in parts of what are now Kenya and Uganda. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
The party’s popular nickname of Bull Moose was derived from the characteristics of strength often used by Roosevelt to describe himself. He waged an energetic campaign, during the course of which he was shot by an insane man in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, while on his way to make a speech. -
Energy crisis
The 1973 oil crisis or first oil crisis began in October 1973 when the members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries led by Saudi Arabia proclaimed an oil embargo.