Way Back When: Today in history
09.06

President William B. McKinley

By GENE CURTIS
Published: 9/6/2009 4:53 AM
Last Modified: 9/6/2009 4:53 AM

1901

President William B. McKinley was shot twice in the chest by anarchist Leon Czolgosz while shaking hands with visitors to the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. Bodyguards grabbed Czolgosz as he tried to fire a third shot. McKinley died of gangrene Sept. 14, and Czolgosz was electrocuted Oct. 29.