Timeline Monday 14 October 1912

Events on Monday 14 October 1912 1

• 1912 Assassination attempt on Theodore Roosevelt Shot before a campaign speech in Milwaukee Saloonkeeper John Schrank shoots former president Theodore Roosevelt in the chest as he leaves a Milwaukee hotel to give a campaign speech on 14 October 1912. Roosevelt, slowed by his eyeglass case and a folded speech in his pocket, insists on delivering the 90-minute speech before seeking treatment.