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  • President McKinley shot

    President William McKinley shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo; he would die of his wounds a week later.

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  • General Ulysses S. Grant captures Paducah, KY
    Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant capture Paducah, Kentucky without a fight, securing Union access to the mouth of the Tennessee River.

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