Wikipedia article of the day for September 6, 2026
The Wikipedia article of the day for September 6, 2026 is Assassination of William McKinley . President William McKinley was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, while shaking hands with the public in the Temple of Music at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, U.S. McKinley died on September 14 from gangrene caused by the bullet wounds. President McKinley enjoyed meeting the public, and was reluctant to take security precautions. George B. Cortelyou, the secretary to the president, feared an assassination attempt, but McKinley kept the visit in the schedule. The assassin, Leon Czolgosz, regarded McKinley as a symbol of oppression, and felt it was his duty as an anarchist to kill him. Unable to get near McKinley earlier in the visit, Czolgosz shot him twice (pictured) as McKinley reached to shake his hand in the reception line. McKinley initially appeared to be recovering, but took a turn for the worse on September 13 and died the next morning; Theodore Roosevel...
