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Theodore Roosevelt is born
American statesman, author, explorer, soldier, naturalist, and reformer who served as the 26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909. -
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 when McKinley is assassinated
With the assassination of President William McKinley, Theodore Roosevelt, not quite 43, became the 26th and youngest President in the Nation's history -
Energy Crisis
was an effort by the United Mine Workers to get higher waves, shorter hours, and recognition of their union -
Elkins Act
United States federal law that amended the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887. -
Pelican Island, Florida named first national wildlife refugee
Pelican Island was the first national wildlife refuge in the United States. It was created to protect egrets and other birds from extinction through plume hunting -
Wins first full term
unanimously nominated incumbent President Theodore Roosevelt for president at their 1904 national convention. Roosevelt had succeeded to the Presidency upon William McKinley's assassination. -
Passage of Pure Food Drug Act
President Theodore Roosevelt signed the landmark Progressive Era legislation into law on June 30 -
Devils Tower, Wyoming
Devils Tower is a laccolithic butte composed of igneous rock in the Bear Lodge Mountains near Hulett and Sundance in Crook County, northeastern Wyoming, above the Belle Fourche River -
Leaves Presidency, visits Africa
ormer President Theodore Roosevelt, his son Kermit and several others departed New York City bound for Mombasa, Kenya on what was heavily publicized as a scientific expedition -
Unsuccessful Bull-moose party
Theodore Roosevelt, the former U.S. president, is nominated for the presidency by the Progressive Party, a group of Republicans dissatisfied with the renomination of President William Howard Taft.
