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Theodore Roosevelt is born.
Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York City to a wealthy family. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/theodore-roosevelt-is-born -
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. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/yosemite-national-park-established -
McKinley Assassination.
A 28-year-old anarchist shot President William McKinley in the stomach during a public reception at the Pan-American Exposition, a World’s Fair in Buffalo, New York. http://www.history.com/news/the-assassination-of-president-william-mckinley https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=0ahUKEwim1_Oc4rHSAhUHJiYKHQ4ZDUgQjhwIBQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FAssassination_of_William_McKinley&psig=AFQjCNF9ncT9T7pzWynDQBsepv-LWYLImA&ust=1488336044741000 -
Elkins Act Passed.
The Elkins act is an United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. The act gave permision to the Interstate Commerce Commission to impose heavy fines on railroads that offered rebates, and upon the shippers that accepted these rebates. http://www.theodorerooseveltcenter.org/Learn-About-TR/TR-Encyclopedia/Capitalism-and-Labor/The-Elkins-Act.aspx http://keywordsuggest.org/gallery/402087.html -
Pelican Island.
The first federal bird reservation giving birth to the National Wildlife Refuge System. https://www.fws.gov/refuge/pelican_island/about/history.html -
Wins first full term as President.
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Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act.
This act is for the prevention of the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated, wrongly branded, poisonous or deleterious foods, drugs, medicines, and liquors, and for regulating traffic therein, and for other purposes. https://www.fda.gov/RegulatoryInformation/Legislation/ucm148690.htm -
Devil's Tower.
Devil's Tower is a beautiful feature that protrudes out of the rolling prairie surrounding the Black Hills. Many cracks make it one of the finest traditional climbing areas in North America.
https://www.nps.gov/deto/index.htm https://www.google.com/search?q=devils+tower&rlz=1CALEAA_enUS709US709&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjp2qKz6KnSAhXH34MKHZiAB0wQ_AUICCgB&biw=685&bih=616&safe=active&ssui=on#imgrc=_ -
Africa Visit.
Roosevelt goes on a yearlong African safari in order to avoid charges that he was attempting to run the White House from the shadows. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for 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. https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bull-Moose-Party
