US President Theodore Roosevelt renamed the Executive Mansion as the White House on October 12, 1901. Though the building was ...

Our first president, George Washington, selected the site for the White House in 1791. The following year, the cornerstone was laid and a design submitted by Irish-born architect James Hoban was ...

Milton Hershey begins building his chocolate empire at Derry Church, PA. The town will later be known as Hershey. The Great ...

Theodore Roosevelt was born into a wealthy family in 1858 in New York, New York. In 1884, his fortunes changed when his wife, Alice Lee Roosevelt, and mother died on the same day. For two years, ...