Theodore Roosevelt was nominated for US president by the Progressive Party.
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The National Space Development Agency of Japan selected Mamoru Mohri, Chiaki Mukai, and Takao Doi as Japan’s first astronauts.
The Eden train wreck happened when a trail derailed from Denver, Colorado, to St Louis, Missouri.
The first known performance of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' was performed.
The first British troops arrived in France during World War I.
The first American soldiers arrived in Saudi Arabia as part of the Gulf War.