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Theodore Roosevelt was Born
Born: October 27, 1858, Manhattan, New York City, NY
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Yosemite under Federal Control
On this day in 1890, an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of natural wonders as Half Dome and the sequoia trees. Environmental trailblazer John Muir (1838-1914) and his colleagues campaigned for the congressional action, which was signed into law by President Benjamin Harrison and paved the way for generations of hikers, campers and nature lovers.
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Named President after McKinely Assasination
William McKinley, the 25th President of the United States, was assassinated on September 6, 1901 inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York
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First Full Term
Incumbent President and Republican candidate Theodore Roosevelt, having succeeded to the presidency upon the assassination of William McKinley in September 1901, was elected to a term in his own right. ... The nominee of the Democratic Party was Alton B. Parker, Chief Judge of the New York Court of Appeals.
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Energy Crisis
An energy crisis in any significant bottleneck (price rise) in the supply of energy resources to an economy
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Pelican Island, Florida named first wild life refuge
Established by an executive order of President Theodore Roosevelt on March 14, 1903, Pelican Island was the first national wildlife refuge in the United States. It was created to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting.
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Elkins Act Passed
The Elkins Act is a 1903 United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The Act authorized the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates.
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Passage of pure food and drug act
AN ACT For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes.
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Devils Tower
Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt
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Leaves Presidency, Visits Africa
After leaving the presidency in 1909, Roosevelt cast further afield, embarking first on an epic 11- month 2,500-mile safari through British East Africa
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Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Theodore Roosevelt, the former U.S. president, is nominated for the presidency by the Progressive Party, a group of Republicans dissatisfied with the renomination of President William Howard Taft.
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