President McKinley assassinated by an anarchist

Category
Government
Place
United States
Date
1901
Reference
Excerpts from Books and Wikipedia
"The line of people waiting to shake the president's hand at a public reception in the Temple of Music included a 28-year-old anarchist from Cleveland, Ohio, named Leon Czogolz, whom even other anarchists regarded as a dangerous lunatic. . . . He was succeeded by the vice president, Theodore Roosevelt." [Furtado: 1001 Days]

This event is linked to the following periods

PeriodMiner
Begin
End
Category
Reconstruction & Rise in Power (U.S.)
1865
1914
United States