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Theodore Roosevelt is born
On October 27, 1858, future President Theodore Roosevelt is born in New York City to a wealthy family.He remains the youngest person to become President of the United States. Roosevelt was a leader of the progressive movement, and he championed his "Square Deal" domestic policies, promising the average citizen fairness, breaking of trusts, regulation of railroads, and pure food and drugs. -
Yosemite under Federal Control.
On October 1, 1890, an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees. ... This marked the first time the U.S. government protected land for public enjoyment and it laid the foundation for the establishment of the national and state park systems. -
Named President when McKinley is assassinated
Later that day, however, the president's condition worsened rapidly and, on September 14, McKinley died from gangrene that had gone undetected in the internal wound. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt was immediately sworn in as president. -
Wins first full term as President
Elected President
The 1904 United States presidential election was the 30th quadrennial presidential election, held on Tuesday, November 8, 1904. Incumbent Republican President Theodore Roosevelt defeated the Democratic nominee, Alton B. Parker. -
Passage of Pure Food And Drug Act.
The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 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 (FDA). ... Many people urged Congress to curb abuses of the food industry. -
Devil’s Tower, Wyoming, named first national monument
Devils Tower is a butte, possibly laccolithic, composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Ranger District of the Black Hills, near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche. Devils Tower was the first United States national monument, established on September 24, 1906. -
Leaves presidency, visits Africa
From 1909 to 1910, President Theodore Roosevelt went on an expedition to Africa.Its purpose was to collect specimens for the Smithsonian's new Natural History museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. ... The expedition collected around 11,400 animal specimens which took Smithsonian naturalists eight years to catalog. -
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. -
Runs for presidency, unsuccessfully for Bull-Moose Party
Roosevelt came back to the United States and shortly after arriving back, he ran for the unpopular Bull-Moose Party and did not win. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refuge.
1963: Pelican Island was designated as a National Historic Landmark because of its status as the first federal area set aside specifically to protect wildlife. 1968: The State of Florida agreed to expand the lease with the Refuge to include 4760 acres of mangrove islands and submerged lands. -
Energy crisis
The 1973 oil crisis began in October 1973 when the 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.
