President Teddy Roosevelt was born this day in 1858.
TR is part of an exclusive Who2 loop: Presidents Who Slugged Someone. Here’s a snippet:
“As I rose, I struck quick and hard with my right just to one side of the point of his jaw, hitting with my left as I straightened out and then again with my right… when he went down he struck the corner of the bar with his head.”
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