Title: Today in history
Description: Discusses the formation of a national progressive party in the U.S. in the summer of 1912. The Progressive Party chose Roosevelt as its presidential nominee. Also presents a brief biography of the magician and escape artist Harry Houdini, who married Wilhelmina Beatrice Rahner on June 22, 1894.
Subjects: Politics and government, Progressivism (United States politics), Progressive Party (U.S. : 1912)
Places: United States
People: Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), Harry Houdini (1874-1926)
Time periods: 1913-1921