On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days prior; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him, becoming the ...

This proclamation was issued by Theodore Roosevelt just weeks after President William McKinley died, on Sept. 14, 1901, of wounds inflicted by an assassin a week earlier. In the week after the attack, ...

The vice president of the United States had just completed a speech in the northwesternmost reaches of Vermont when he received news that would change his life, and American history. Theodore ...

Every day holds a story—events that shaped nations, cultures, and lives. September 14 is no exception. In 1901, President ...

Upon the assassination of William McKinley, 42-year-old Theodore Roosevelt (aka “The Bull Moose”) became our nation’s youngest president in 1901, serving in the office until 1909. He was considered a ...

On Sept. 14, 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 2 -- known informally as Lunik 2 -- became the first Earth-launched space vehicle to ...

Theodore Roosevelt was born in New York City to glass importer and leading philanthropist Theodore, Sr. and Georgia-born mother Martha “Mittie” Roosevelt. As a student at Harvard University (1876-1880 ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Arriving now to “T.R.” - Theodore Roosevelt. Before becoming the 26th president - T.R. grew up in New York City, and at the age of six, he watched the funeral ...

FARGO, N.D. (Valley News Live) - Now to the “Idol of Ohio” - William McKinley. Before becoming the 25th president - McKinley taught at a school in Ohio when the Civil War began. In 1861, an ...

Almost four decades after it was stolen from a Buffalo, New York, museum, a pocket watch carried by the 26th president, Theodore “Teddy” Roosevelt, was returned to his family home on Long Island, ...