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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Theodore Roosevelt Jr.October 27, 1858 New York City, New York, US -
Named president when McKinley is assassinated
popular President William McKinley was shot. Theodore Roosevelt, was in Vermont at a speaking engagement. Over the next eight days, McKinley's health condition varied until he died on September 14. -
Elkins Act Passed
A law that was passed by the 57th Congress and signed by President Roosevelt. The Act made it a misdemeanor for a carrier to impose preferential rebates, and implicated both the carrier and the recipient of the low price. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge
with the encouragement of Frank Chapman and the Florida Audubon Society, President Theodore Roosevelt established Pelican Island in the Indian River Lagoon as the first federal bird reservation giving birth to the National Wildlife Refuge System. -
Passage of pure food and drug act
signed by President Theodore Roosevelt on the same day as the Federal Meat Inspection Act.The first federal law regulating foods and drugs, the 1906 Act's reach was limited to foods and drugs moving in interstate commerce. -
Devils tower, Wyoming, named the first national monument
Devils Tower was the first United States national monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
Its purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Roosevelt's declaration that he felt "as strong as a bull moose," supporters saw it as defending the legacy of Abraham Lincoln against the big business establishment that had taken over the Republican Party after the Civil War. -
Yosemite under federal control
Roosevelt signed the American Antiquities Act of 1906 that transferred the Yosemite Valley and the Mariposa Grove back under federal protection and control. A decade later,in 1916, Yosemite had its own agency to protect it, thanks to Roosevelt's efforts -
Wins first full term as President
Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. Roosevelt's victory made him the first president to win a term in his own right after having ascended to the presidency upon the death of his predecessor, William McKinley. -
Energy Crisis
The energy crisis is the concern that the world's demands on the limited natural resources that are used to power industrial society are diminishing as the demand rises. These natural resources are in limited supply.
