This Day In History

 

September 6, 1901

On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley is shaking hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York, when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz approaches him and fires two shots into his chest. The president rose slightly on his toes before collapsing forward, saying “be careful how you tell my wife.”

Taken from: https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/september-6/president-william-mckinley-is-shot