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Sep 6, 2016 · On September 6, 1901, William McKinley became the third U.S. president to be assassinated after he was fatally shot at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. By: Evan Andrews....
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Jan 28, 2024 · Ideastream Public Media. President William McKinley's birthday, Jan. 29, is also recognized as National Red Carnation Day. In 1902, to mark the first anniversary of McKinley's assassination, the nation was encouraged to wear red carnations, as McKinley liked to wear on his lapel for good luck.
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September 14, 2017. A 1905 artist's rendering of the assassination. Library of Congress. On this day in 1901, President William McKinley died, eight days after being shot in the stomach at the...
Sep 14, 2019 · Left: William McKinley delivers his inaugural address as outgoing President Cleveland listens in Washington, D.C., U.S. March 1897. McKinley's address was recorded by Edison's new motion picture ...
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Oct 29, 2009 · Print Page. William McKinley served in the U.S. Congress, as governor of Ohio and as 25th U.S. president during the Spanish-American War before his assassination in 1901.
McKinley died on September 14 of gangrene caused by the wounds. He was the third American president to be assassinated, following Abraham Lincoln in 1865 and James A. Garfield in 1881. McKinley enjoyed meeting the public and was reluctant to accept the security available to his office.
William McKinley was the 25th President of the United States, serving from March 4, 1897, until his assassination on September 14, 1901, after leading the nation to victory in the...