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Theodore Roosevelt is born
Teddy Roosevelt was born on October 27th, 1858 to his parents Theodore Roosevelt Sr. and Martha Bulloch Roosevelt in New York, New York. -
Yosemite under Federal Control
In 1906, the state-controlled Yosemite Valley and Mariposa Grove came under federal jurisdiction with the rest of the park. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
William McKinley was shot and killed and Teddy Roosevelt took over for him. -
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. -
Pelican Island, Florida named the first national wildlife refuge
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
For preventing the manufacture, sale, or transportation of adulterated or misbranded or poisonous or deleterious foods, and drugs. -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Devils Tower was the first declared United States National Monument, established on September 24, 1906, by President Theodore Roosevelt. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
The Smithsonian–Roosevelt African Expedition was an expedition to Africa led by American president Theodore Roosevelt and outfitted by the Smithsonian Institution. Its purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History museum. -
Runs for the presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Teddy Roosevelt runs for president again with the Bull Moose Party because Taft was easily influenced by business people and Roosevelt didn't like it. -
Wins first full term as President
Teddy Roosevelt won the 1912 election and served his first full term. -
Energy crisis
An energy crisis is any significant bottleneck in the supply of energy resources to an economy. In literature, it often refers to one of the energy sources used at a certain time and place, in particular those that supply national electricity grids or those used as fuel in vehicles.