Death of President McKinley
Eight days after being shot by an assassin at the Pan-American Expo, President McKinley died on September 14, 1901.
Eight days after being shot by an assassin at the Pan-American Expo, President McKinley died on September 14, 1901.
On September 2, 1901, Theodore Roosevelt delivered a speech at the Minnesota State Fair where he first publicly used the now-famous phrase, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”
Barack Hussein Obama II was born August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Obama won the 2008 presidential election over Republican John McCain with 52.9% of the popular vote and 365 electoral votes, making him the United States’ first African American President.
On August 2, 1943, future president John F. Kennedy saved the majority of his PT-109 crew after a Japanese destroyer rammed them.
Jacqueline Lee Bouvier was born on July 28, 1929, in Southampton, New York.
John Quincy Adams, 6th president of the United States, was born on July 11, 1767, in the town of Braintree (present-day Quincy), Massachusetts.
On July 9, 1850, President Zachary Taylor died just 16 months into his term.
On America’s 50th birthday, Thomas Jefferson and John Adams, two of the men that helped forge the nation, died hours apart.
On July 2, 1881, an assassin shot President James Garfield just four months into his presidency.