Using the newly operational Pacific communications cable, President Theodore Roosevelt sends message around the world. It takes 12 minutes to circumnavigate the globe. Department of Commerce and Labor is created in Washington. Wisconsin holds the country's first direct primary elections. First transcontinental automobile trip is completed on Aug. 1.
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