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William
McKinley
(1843–1901) was
the 25th President
of the United
States, serving
from March 4,
1897, until his
death. McKinley led the nation to
victory in the Spanish–American
War, raised protective tariffs to
promote American industry, and
maintained the nation on the gold
standard in a rejection of inflationary
proposals. McKinley's administration
ended with his assassination in
September 1901, but his presidency
began a period of over a third of a
century dominated by the
Republican Party. McKinley served
in the Civil War and rose from
private to brevet major. After the
war, he settled in Canton, Ohio,
where he practiced law and married
Ida Saxton. In 1876, he was elected
to Congress, where he became the
Republican Party's expert on the
protective tariff, which he promised
would bring prosperity. His highly
controversial 1890 McKinley Tariff,
together with a Democratic
redistricting effort aimed at
gerrymandering him out of office led
to his defeat in the Democratic
landslide of 1890. (more...)
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September 14: Feast of the Cross (Christianity)
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caliph upon the death of his brother al-Hadi.
1752 – In adopting the Gregorian calendar under
the terms of the Calendar (New Style) Act 1750,
the British Empire skipped eleven days
(September 2 was followed directly by
September 14).
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which she was a passenger.
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assassinated when a bomb exploded in the Beirut headquarters
of the Phalange.
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deposed in a bloodless coup.
2007 – Late-2000s financial crisis: The Northern Rock bank
received a liquidity support facility from the Bank of England,
sparking a bank run—the United Kingdom's first in 150 years.
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The Old Fort of Zanzibar is a fortification and the oldest building in Stone Town, the capital of Zanzibar,
Tanzania. It was built in the late 17th century by the Omanis to defend the island from the Portuguese,
and later used as a prison and as barracks. In the early 20th century it was also used as a depot during the
construction of the railway that connected Stone Town to the village of Bububu.
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