BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:William McKinley shot UID:2009-01-19-23-33-15-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=9;BYMONTHDAY=6 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250906 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20250907 DTSTAMP:20260416T212231 CATEGORIES:Presidential Events LOCATION:Buffalo\, New York GEO:42.8864468;-78.8783689 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

President William McKinley was shot on September 6, 1901, while atte nding the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. He was greeting th e public in a receiving line at the Temple of Music when Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist, approached him with a concealed pistol wrapped in a handkerchi ef and fired two shots at close range. One bullet grazed McKinley, but the other struck his abdomen, causing serious internal injuries.

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Alth ough McKinley initially appeared to be recovering after surgery, his condi tion worsened due to infection, and he died on September 14, 1901. His ass assination shocked the nation and led to Vice President Theodore Roosevelt becoming the 26th President of the United States. The event highlighted t he need for better presidential security and had lasting effects on how fu ture presidents were protected.

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DESCRIPTION:President William McKinley was shot on September 6\, 1901\, whi le attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo\, New York. He was gre eting the public in a receiving line at the Temple of Music when Leon Czol gosz\, an anarchist\, approached him with a concealed pistol wrapped in a handkerchief and fired two shots at close range. One bullet grazed McKinle y\, but the other struck his abdomen\, causing serious internal injuries.\ nAlthough McKinley initially appeared to be recovering after surgery\, his condition worsened due to infection\, and he died on September 14\, 1901. His assassination shocked the nation and led to Vice President Theodore R oosevelt becoming the 26th President of the United States. The event highl ighted the need for better presidential security and had lasting effects o n how future presidents were protected.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,6641-william- mckinley-shot?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR