On Sept. 14, 1901, President William McKinley died in Buffalo, New York, of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin eight days prior; Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him, becoming the ...

On Sept. 14, 1959, the Soviet probe Luna 2 -- known informally as Lunik 2 -- became the first Earth-launched space vehicle to ...

Assassination attempts on presidents, lawmakers, officials underscore intense political hostility - Anadolu Ajansı ...

McKinley was elected in 1896, during the economic depression. He led the nation to both an economic recovery and a victory in ...

"Published in cooperation with the National First Ladies' Library." NMAH copy signed by author. "This is the first full-length biography of Ida Saxton McKinley (1847-1907), the wife of William ...

William McKinley was a largely forgotten American president from ... against tariffs and proposed much more of a free trade policy — just one day before an assassin shot him, mortally wounding him.