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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Theodore Roosevelt was born at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan, New York City. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
An act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees. -
Named President after Mckinley died
Mckinley was the third president to be assassinated. He was on his second term, elected in 1900. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida. Today, the National Wildlife Refuge System is the only network of federal lands dedicated specifically to wildlife conservation. -
Wins first full term as President
Theodore Roosevelt won a landslide victory, taking every Northern and Western state. He was the first Republican to carry the state of Missouri since Ulysses .S Grant. -
Elkins Act
Roosevelt thought it would strengthen the power of the Interstate Commerce Commission to set maximum railroad freight rates. The act required railroads to hold to their published rates and forbade rate cutting and rebates. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act
This act prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce and laid a foundation for the nation's first consumer protection agency, the Food and Drug Administration -
Devils Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Teddy Roosevelt created this national monument and it is the first national monument in the United States. -
Roosevelt African Expedition
Roosevelt African Expedition was an expedition to Africa led by outgoing American president Theodore Roosevelt and outfitted by the Smithsonian Institution. The expedition collected around 11,400 animal specimens which took Smithsonian naturalists eight years to catalog. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Bull Moose Party, formally Progressive Party, U.S. dissident political faction that nominated former president Theodore Roosevelt as its candidate in the presidential election of 1912; the formal name and general objectives of the party were revived 12 years later. -
Energy Crisis
Members of the Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries proclaimed an oil embargo. The embargo was targeted at nations perceived as supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War.
