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William McKinley assassination

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McKinley was shot in the Temple of Music which used to exist here during the  Pan-American Exposition in 1901.

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Assassination of William McKinley

The 25th President of the United States, William McKinley, was shot and fatally wounded on September 6, 1901, inside the Temple of Music on the grounds of the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was shaking hands with the public when he was shot by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist. The President died on September 14 from gangrene caused by the bullet wounds.

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