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September 6th is significant for the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901. McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz while attending the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York.
His death marked the third assassination of a U.S. president and led to the presidency of Theodore Roosevelt.
Additionally, September 6th marks the birth of Jane Addams in 1860, the American social reformer and activist known for founding Hull House in Chicago.
Addams’s work in social justice, women’s suffrage, and peace earned her the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931, making her a pioneering figure in American history.
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