On this day, Oct. 14, in 1912, saloonkeeper John Schrank shot President Theodore Roosevelt during a campaign stop in Milwaukee. With the .32-caliber bullet still in him, Roosevelt delivered his speech anyway.

Roosevelt, president from 1901 to 1909, had founded the Bull Moose Party and sought a third term. On his way to the rally, Schrank fired a single shot. The bullet was slowed by Roosevelt’s steel eyeglass case and a copy of his speech before lodging in his chest.