Almanac of Theodore Roosevelt Timeline

FEBRUARY 2008

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1905
T.R. signs act creating the U.S. Forest Service
2003
Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon reentry; 6 US and 1 Israeli austronauts killed

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1917
Offers President Wilson to raise regiment for World War I

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1905
U.S. assumes control of customs house in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
1908
T.R. creates Jewel Cave National Monument

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1904
Japan attacks Russian fleet at Port Arthur

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1878
T.R. Sr. dies of stomach cancer

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1903
Congress passes Expedition Act, thus expediting anti-trust prosecution

1904
T.R. declares U.S. neutrality in Russo-Japanese War

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1884
"Princess" Alice Lee Roosevelt is born
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1905
T.R. addresses the Lincoln Dinner at the Republican Club of New York City
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1884
Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway Lee die
1903
Department of Commerce created
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1898
U.S.S. Maine blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba

1904
Mark Hanna dies

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1905
T.R. oders inquiry into Standard Oil antitrust practices

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1906
Alice Lee Roosevelt weds Ohio Congressman Nicholas Longworth

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1908
T.R. convenes North American Conservation Conference at the White House
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1902
Northern Securities antitrust case
1903
Elkins Rebate Act signed by T.R.

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1893
Speech at Boston Civil Service Reform Association

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1912
T.R. announces Republican presidential candidacy against Taft

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1906
Insurance Committee presents Armstrong Report to Congress
1909
Great White Fleet returns to Hampton Roads from worldwide cruise

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1904
U.S. Panama Treaty ratified in the U.S. Senate

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1914
T.R. departs Bonifacio to begin trip down Rio Duvida in Brazil

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1898
T.R. sends Admiral Dewey the famous telegram to Hong Kong
1907
Convention with Santo Domingo ratified by Congress
1909
T.R. signs Executive Order 1032 creating 17 overlay refuges

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1907
T.R. rejects contractor bids for the Panama Canal; says the Army will build it

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1914
T.R. begins Brazilian trip

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DID YOU KNOW THESE FACTS ABOUT T.R.?

Created 4 National Parks?
... 51 Federal Bird Reservations?
... 150 National Forests?
... 18 National Monuments?
... 21 Reclamation Projects?
... has a water damn in Arizona named after him?
... has a National Forest in Colorado named after him?
... was paid an annual salary of $50,000?
... built the West Wing of the White House?
... pardoned 981 people?
... vetoed 82 pieces of legislation?
... created the Bureau of the Census?
... created the U.S. Forest Service?
... called the Presidency the "Bully Pulpit"?
... owned two horses, named Little Texas and Bleistein?

Sunday	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday	Saturday

.	.	.	.	.	1 1905 T.R. signs act creating the U.S. Forest Service 2003 Space Shuttle Columbia disintegrates over Texas upon reentry; 6 US and 1 Israeli austronauts killed	2 1917 Offers President Wilson to raise regiment for World War I
3	4	5	6	7 1905 U.S. assumes control of customs house in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 1908 T.R. creates Jewel Cave National Monument	8 1904 Japan attacks Russian fleet at Port Arthur	9 1878 T.R. Sr. dies of stomach cancer
10	11 1903 Congress passes Expedition Act, thus expediting anti-trust prosecution 1904 T.R. declares U.S. neutrality in Russo-Japanese War	12 1884 "Princess" Alice Lee Roosevelt is born	13 1905 T.R. addresses the Lincoln Dinner at the Republican Club of New York City	14 1884 Martha Bulloch Roosevelt and Alice Hathaway Lee die 1903 Department of Commerce created	15 1898 U.S.S. Maine blows up in Havana Harbor, Cuba 1904 Mark Hanna dies	16 1905 T.R. oders inquiry into Standard Oil antitrust practices
17 1906 Alice Lee Roosevelt weds Ohio Congressman Nicholas Longworth	18 1908 T.R. convenes North American Conservation Conference at the White House	19 1902 Northern Securities antitrust case 1903 Elkins Rebate Act signed by T.R.	20 1893 Speech at Boston Civil Service Reform Association	21 1912 T.R. announces Republican presidential candidacy against Taft	22 1906 Insurance Committee presents Armstrong Report to Congress 1909 Great White Fleet returns to Hampton Roads from worldwide cruise	23 1904 U.S. Panama Treaty ratified in the U.S. Senate
24 1914 T.R. departs Bonifacio to begin trip down Rio Duvida in Brazil	25 1898 T.R. sends Admiral Dewey the famous telegram to Hong Kong 1907 Convention with Santo Domingo ratified by Congress 1909 T.R. signs Executive Order 1032 creating 17 overlay refuges	26 1907 T.R. rejects contractor bids for the Panama Canal; says the Army will build it	27 1914 T.R. begins Brazilian trip	28	29
DID YOU KNOW THESE FACTS ABOUT T.R.? Created 4 National Parks? ... 51 Federal Bird Reservations? ... 150 National Forests? ... 18 National Monuments? ... 21 Reclamation Projects? ... has a water damn in Arizona named after him? ... has a National Forest in Colorado named after him? ... was paid an annual salary of $50,000? ... built the West Wing of the White House? ... pardoned 981 people? ... vetoed 82 pieces of legislation? ... created the Bureau of the Census? ... created the U.S. Forest Service? ... called the Presidency the "Bully Pulpit"? ... owned two horses, named Little Texas and Bleistein?