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Theodore Roosevelt Jr. was born on October 27, 1858, at 28 East 20th Street in Manhattan, New York City.
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On this day in 1890, an act of Congress creates Yosemite National Park, home of such natural wonders as Half Dome and the giant sequoia trees
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Theodore Roosevelt became the 26th US President (1901-1909) after the assassination of President William McKinley.
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After William McKinley was assassinated, Theodore Roosevelt who was Vice President and the Governor of New York at the time stepped into office on September 14, 1901, becoming the youngest president at the age of 42
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The Coal strike of 1902 was a strike by the United Mine Workers of America in the anthracite coalfields of eastern Pennsylvania.
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The Elkins Act forbade the common railroad industry practice of offering rebates for large-volume shippers
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President Theodore Roosevelt established the first national wildlife refuge at Pelican Island, Florida.
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The Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 prohibited the sale of misbranded or adulterated food and drugs in interstate commerce
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Devils Tower was the first United States National Monument
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following Taft's inauguration in 1909, T.R. set out for Africa to hunt big game and collect specimens for the Smithsonian Institution.
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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
