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On October 27, 2858, Teddy Roosevelt was born.
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U.S. president William McKinley is assassinated, causing Theodore Roosevelt to be appointed as President of the U.S.
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Teddy Roosevelt sided with the Pennsylvania coal strikers, which is the first time the national government ever sided with the workers in a strike.
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The Elkins Act was a 1903 act that amended the Interstate Commerce act. This new act allowed the government to heavily fine any railroad offering rebates, and any company that accepted those offers.
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On March 14, 1903, Theodore Roosevelt declared Pelican Island, FL, the first ever U.S. wildlife refuge.
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Theodore Roosevelt runs for president on his own terms, and is elected
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On June 6th, 1906, the Pure Foods and Drug Act was signed by President Theodore Roosevelt, requiring inspections of all food processing industries and pharmaceutical facilities.
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Devils Tower is a massive igneous butte, located in modern day Crook County, Wyoming. On September 24, 1906, Teddy Roosevelt declared it the first ever U.S. national monument.
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Roosevelt sets off to Africa in search of specimens for the Smithsonian Museum. He brings along many guns and his son, Kermit, Edgar Mearns, Edmund Heller, and John Loring.
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On November 5, 1912, Theodore Roosevelt was defeated in the presidential election after running as a third party representative, the Bull-Moose party.
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on April 5, 1919, California approved a legislature which ceded control over Yosemite park to the U.S. government.
