President William McKinley, the 25th president of the United States, was fatally shot on September 6, 1901, while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York. McKinley was participating in a public meet-and-greet at the Temple of Music when he was approached by Leon Czolgosz, an anarchist who had concealed a .32 caliber revolver under a cloth rag. As McKinley extended his hand to greet Czolgosz, the latter fired two shots at point-blank range. One bullet grazed McKinley, while the
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