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On this day in history, October 27, 1858, Teddy Roosevelt, American titan, is born in New York City
Theodore Roosevelt, a titan of political progressivism, war hero, champion of American exceptionalism, Nobel Peace Prize recipient and 26th president of the United States, was born in New York City on this day in history, Oct. 27, 1858.
He left a massive imprint on both our national heritage and physical landscape and set in motion the ascendancy of the American Century.
Among other astounding achievements, he remains the youngest man to become U.S. president, reaching the Oval Office at age 42.
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“Roosevelt’s youth differed sharply from that of the log cabin presidents,” reports WhiteHouse.gov, the official website of the presidential mansion, in its report of the 26th president. It cited “The Presidents of the United States of America” by Frank Freidel and Hugh Sidey.
“He was born in New York City in 1858 into a wealthy family, but he too struggled against ill health — and in his triumph became an advocate of the strenuous life.”
His first wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, as well as his mother died on the same day in 1884, launching Teddy Roosevelt onto a path that would reshape both his personal destiny and that of the nation.
Travel writer Karen Loftus snaps a photo of the Theodore Roosevelt Birthplace National Historic Site in Manhattan, where the 26th president was born on Oct. 27, 1858. (Kerry J. Byrne/Fox News Digital)
“Roosevelt spent much of the next two years on his ranch in the Badlands of Dakota Territory,” writes WhiteHouse.gov.
“There he mastered his sorrow as he lived in the saddle, driving cattle, hunting big game — he even captured an outlaw.” On a visit to London, he married Edith Carow in December 1886.
He galloped into military lore on July 1, 1898, leading the Rough Riders in the Battle of San Juan Hill, during the United States’ swift victory in the Spanish-American War.
Theodore Roosevelt standing on a podium pointing into the crowd during a campaign rally speech,1900s. (Getty Images)
“Among Theodore Roosevelt’s many lifetime accomplishments, few capture the imagination as easily as his military service as a ‘Rough Rider,’” reports the National Park Service.
“He led a series of charges up Kettle Hill towards San Juan Heights on his horse, Texas, while the Rough Riders followed on foot. He rode up and down the hill encouraging his men with the orders to ‘March!’ He killed one Spaniard with a revolver salvaged from the Maine. Other regiments continued alongside him, and the American flag was raised over San Juan Heights.”
Republican presidential candidate William McKinley tapped Roosevelt as his running mate in the 1900 campaign.
He called the victory the “great day of my life,” writes the NPS.
He parlayed his fame from the battle into the New York governorship in 1899 and 1900. Republican presidential candidate William McKinley tapped Roosevelt as his running mate in the 1900 campaign.
A lithograph showing Theodore Roosevelt leading the Rough Riders during their charge of San Juan Hill, near Santiago de Cuba, on July 1, 1898. (Library of Congress/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images)
He became the youngest president in U.S. history, just 42 years old, amid tragic circumstances, when McKinley was assassinated on Sept. 14, 1901.
“As president, Roosevelt held the ideal that the Government should be the great arbiter of the conflicting economic forces in the Nation, especially between capital and labor, guaranteeing justice to each and dispensing favors to none,” reports WhiteHouse.gov.
He served nearly two full terms in office, then ran for a non-consecutive third term in 1912 as the head of the Progressive Party, following a split with the GOP.
Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th president of the United States (1901-09), is shown sitting at his desk working, circa 1905. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
He outgained sitting president William Howard Taft in the election, but lost the White House to Democrat Woodrow Wilson.
Despite towering achievements that made him a hero of the progressive movement for more than a century, his legacy has been savaged recently by the same movement.
THEODORE ROOSEVELT STATUE REMOVED FROM FRONT OF NYC’S MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY
The American Museum of Natural History in Manhattan, an institution Roosevelt championed in his hometown, removed the statue of him on horseback from its Central Park West location earlier this year.
His Manhattan birthplace, a part of the National Park Service, was closed throughout the COVID-19 and reopened just last month.
Roosevelt’s image was chiseled in perpetuity in the American landscape he loved as one of four presidents immortalized in Mount Rushmore, alongside George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln.
Roosevelt’s name and image have been cited frequently on the hit TV show “Blue Bloods.”
“Let us place there, carved high, as close to heaven as we can, the words of our leaders, their faces, to show posterity what matter of men they were,” wrote sculptor Gutzon Borglum of his monumental relief.
“Then breathe a prayer that these records will endure until the wind and the rain alone shall wear them away.”
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY, OCTOBER 14, 1912, TEDDY ROOSEVELT SHOT IN CHEST, MAKES CAMPAIGN STOP MINUTES LATER
In a more contemporary and less permanent iconography, Roosevelt’s name and image were still cited frequently on the hit TV show “Blue Bloods,” where his portrait hangs in the office of the show’s fictional New York City police commissioner Francis Reagan (Tom Selleck).
Roosevelt served as New York City’s top cop from 1895 to 1897.
Bloodstained shirt worn by President Theodore Roosevelt, photographed following an assassination attempt by New York saloon keeper John F. Schrank, on Oct. 14, 1912, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Harlingue/Roger Viollet via Getty Images)
In one almost superhero-like incident that fueled his coveted muscular American image, Roosevelt was shot in the chest by a would-be assassin on the campaign trail in 1912 while running for a third term as president.
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The speed of the bullet was slowed by the contents of Roosevelt’s coat pocket, preventing it from being a lethal strike.
He went on to deliver his 84-minute campaign speech, with the bullet lodged in his chest and blood soaking his white shirt, before he was rushed to the hospital.
Roosevelt later said of his resolute reaction to the assassination attempt: “In the very unlikely event of the wound being mortal I wished to die with my boots on.”
Roosevelt went on to live for another six-and-a-half years after the shooting.
He passed away in Jan. 1919 at age 60.
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Fisherman reels in white shark off Massachusetts, then snags the hook from its toothy mouth
BILLERICA, Mass. (AP) — Elliot Sudal didn’t need a bigger boat, but he did need to find a way to get a hook out of a shark’s mouth.
Sudal, a veteran angler and boat captain, reeled in the nearly nine-foot shark — also commonly known as a great white shark or a great white — on June 7 on Nantucket. White sharks are a protected species in the U.S. and must be released immediately when accidentally caught.
That presents a nasty problem for a fisherman because the white shark is a formidable apex predator best known for the 1975 movie Jaws, in which Roy Scheider utters the famous line “You’re gonna need a bigger boat” upon seeing the big fish. Sudal, who caught the shark while fishing from shore, decided to use his encounter to demonstrate how to respond to such a situation.
Sudal posted a video of himself removing the hook to his social media accounts. In the video, Sudal climbs onto the back of the shark, secures the fish in the surf, and removes the hook from its mouth. By the end of the short video, the shark is back in the water.
White sharks typically have about 300 teeth arranged into five rows, so speed was key.
“Hooks out and back on her way in 15 seconds, not sure how to do it better,” Sudal wrote in an Instagram post that included a video of the shark release.
Sudal is no stranger to sharks, and has caught and tagged hundreds of them over the years. He said in a social media post that this month’s encounter with a white shark was the first time he has ever caught one of them in more than a decade of the work.
Sudal’s practices have sometimes attracted the attention of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association, such as in 2017, when the agency investigated his handling of a smalltooth sawfish, an endangered species, in Florida. The agency said in 2018 that it sent Sudal a letter “informing him of the Endangered Species Act issues and the safe handling protocol for sawfish.”
White sharks are not listed under the federal Endangered Species Act, but are subject to special federal protections. The International Union for Conservation of Nature considers them vulnerable globally.
Sightings of white sharks off New England have ticked up in recent years, and some scientists have pinned that to the greater availability of the seals that they prey on. Dangerous encounters between white sharks and humans are extremely rare, and only a few dozen fatal white shark bites on people have ever been recorded.
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Whittle reported from Portland, Maine.
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SALEM, N.H. — A Lowell High School freshman was identified on Friday as the victim of a fatal shooting in Salem, where authorities say the 15‑year‑old was found dead outside a home during the pre-dawn hours.
New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella’s office said in a press release that police responding to a 911 call discovered the teen, identified as Wichai Saksene, just outside the residence on Orchard Terrace.
An autopsy later determined he died from a single gunshot wound to the chest, and his death has been ruled a homicide.
Authorities said the circumstances remain under active investigation but noted there is no known threat to the public, as all involved parties have been identified.
In a message that began “sad news for your awareness,” Lowell Public Schools Superintendent Liam Skinner told School Committee members that Saksene was a Lowell High freshman and former student of Stoklosa Middle School and Lincoln Elementary School.
He added that central office staff are assisting Lowell High with communications to staff and families and that Student Support Services has activated a critical incident team to be at the high school on Monday.
The Salem Police Department stated in a social media post that they are working with the New Hampshire State Police Major Crimes Unit and Formella’s office to investigate the shooting.
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The 2026 New Jersey high school softball season has come to an end. Now is the time to answer the question: Who should be the New Jersey Softball Player of the Year?
Here are High School on SI’s New Jersey Softball Players of the Year for 2026. Scroll down to read about the list and cast your vote below.
Voting ends Sunday, July 5th, at 11:59 p.m. PT.
Madison McDougall, St. John Vianney
McDougall was named Gatorade New Jersey Softball Player of the Year after leading St. John Vianney to a perfect season and the Non-Public A state championship. The senior and Monmouth commit went 29-0 with a 0.30 ERA and 312 strikeouts in the circle, along with a .626 batting average and 17 home runs at the plate.
Gabby Gonzalez, St. John Vianney
Gonzalez also helped the Lancers go undefeated in softball. The senior and FIU commit batted .500 with 51 hits, 43 RBIs, 12 home runs, 13 doubles, and 35 runs.
Brooke Douglas, Ocean City
Douglas led Douglas to the South Jersey Group 3 championship. The senior and Rhode Island commit batted .543 with 51 hits, 42 RBIs, 12 home runs, seven doubles, two triples, and 25 runs.
Mackenna Savage, Red Bank Catholic
Savage put up impressive numbers for Red Bank Catholic in 2026. The sophomore notched 15 wins in the circle with a 1.43 ERA and 286 strikeouts in 176.2 innings pitched.
Jordyn Ambrosius, West Deptford
Ambrosius stepped up for West Deptford this past season. The junior went 15-7 with a 1.75 ERA and 247 strikeouts in 143.2 innings pitched.
Audrey Amoruso, Indian Hills
Amoruso led Indian Hills to its second straight state sectional title. In the circle, the senior and Fordham commit went 20-5 with a 1.01 ERA, 248 strikeouts, and 32 walks in 159.2 innings pitched. At the plate, she batted .476 with 26 RBIs and four home runs.
Gemma DeJoseph, Delran
DeJoseph was very impressive for Delran in 2026. The sophomore led the state with 62 hits, while batting .620 with 48 RBIs, three home runs, 14 doubles, and 37 runs.
Jillian Cianfrocca, Mount St. Dominic
Cianfrocca led Mount St. Dominic to the Non-Public A state finals. The senior and Villanova commit hit .534 with 47 hits, 54 RBIs, 16 home runs, 15 doubles, and 54 runs.
Ava Kelshaw, Mount St. Dominic
Kelshaw also played a major role for a strong Lions team. The junior and Michigan commit notched an impressive 26 wins in the circle with a 0.63 ERA and 257 strikeouts. Additionally, she batted .388 with 33 RBIs.
Chloe Jacobson, Summit
Jacobson played a pivotal role on a strong Summit team in 2026. The sophomore hit .553 with 52 hits, 54 RBIs, 15 home runs, 10 doubles, and 39 runs.
Gylian Hixenbaugh, Donovan Catholic
Hixenbaugh was very solid for Donovan Catholic this past season. The junior and Dartmouth commit went 17-3 with a 1.86 ERA, 161 strikeouts, and 21 walks in 128 innings pitched.
Ella Redheffer, Clearview
Redheffer led Clearview to the South Jersey Group 3 finals. The sophomore stepped up by batting .583 with 56 hits, 40 RBIs, six home runs, 17 doubles, 48 runs, and 26 stolen bases.
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