William McKinley died on 14 September 1901 in Buffalo, aged 58. The 25th President of the United States, McKinley was a Civil War veteran from Ohio who served in Congress and as governor. As a Republican, he championed protective tariffs and the gold standard, and he defeated William Jennings Bryan in 1896. His presidency saw the Spanish-American War of 1898, which brought the Philippines, Guam and Puerto Rico under American control, and the annexation of Hawaii. Re-elected in 1900, he was shot in September 1901 by the anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, and died eight days later. Theodore Roosevelt, his vice president, succeeded him.
Before and after
- 4 August 1901Birth of Louis Armstrong
- 8 August 1901Birth of Ernest Lawrence
- 20 August 1901Birth of Salvatore Quasimodo
- 7 September 1901Boxer Protocol
- 14 September 1901Death of William McKinley
- 29 September 1901Birth of Enrico Fermi
- 5 December 1901Birth of Werner Heisenberg
- 5 December 1901Birth of Walt Disney
- 10 December 1901The first Nobel Prizes are awarded
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