Welcome to the history tricks where any resemblance to a boring old history lesson is purely coincidental.

And here's your 30 second summary.

President Theodore Roosevelt had many challenges during his career, corruption in the New York

police force, creation of the Panama Canal, the Spanish-American War, protecting the Grand Canyon and other national monuments, and groundbreaking

antitrust legislation.

But the greatest challenge he faced was a volcano in a blue dress. His eldest daughter, flouter of convention, spicy of

demeanor, and perhaps the world's first media superstar, who admirers across the world came to call America's Princess Alice.

The end.

Let's talk about Alice Roosevelt Longworth, but first let's place her into

into history. In 1901, Queen Victoria, after a glorious reign of 63

years, died and was succeeded by her son, Edward the 7th.

An American businessman named William Harley drew up plans for his very first motorcycle,

though he wouldn't add his three Davidson partners and incorporate their famous business

Harley Davidson for another two years. The six colonies of Australia

joined into one Federation and became the Commonwealth of Australia.

This is the first year Nobel Prizes were awarded.

When the Swedish inventor of dynamite died,

the majority of Alfred Nobel's legacy

was earmarked to award prizes for five areas of achievements during a year, namely peace, literature, physiology, or medicine, chemistry and physics.

Born this year, Clark Gable, Grand Duchess Anastasia of Russia, Marlena Dietrich, Walt Disney, and Mickey Mouse's other dad, Cartoonist Ub Iworks. Died this year, painter Toulouse Latrec,

author Johannes Spirey, who wrote Heidi,

and Queen Victoria's oldest daughter,

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