16h 7min, sep 6, 1901 y - Assassination of William McKinley

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William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was shot on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in the Temple of Music in Buffalo, New York, on 6 September 1901 six months into his second term. He was shaking hands with the public when an anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, shot him twice in the abdomen. McKinley died on 14 September of gangrene caused by the wounds.

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