January 11, Theodore Roosevelt makes the Grand Canyon a nationwide monument

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Right now is Saturday, Jan. 11, the eleventh day of 2025. There are 354 days left within the 12 months.

Right now in historical past:

On Jan. 11, 1908, President Theodore Roosevelt leveraged the Antiquities Act of 1906 to proclaim the Grand Canyon as a nationwide monument; it could develop into a nationwide park in 1919.

Additionally on this date:

In 1861, Alabama turned the fourth state to declare its secession from the Union.

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