On September 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shaking
hands at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York,
when a 28-year-old anarchist named Leon Czolgosz approached
him and fired two shots into his chest.

Leon F. Czolgosz
(May 5, 1873 – October 29, 1901)

            
CAMILLE BOHANNON

On June 12, 1987, in one of his most famous Cold War
speeches, President Ronald Reagan challenged Soviet
Leader Mikhail Gorbachev to “tear down” the Berlin Wall,
a symbol of the repressive Communist era in a divided
Germany.

Robert Francis Kennedy (November 20, 1925 – June 6, 1968)

Shortly after midnight on June 5, 1968, Senator Robert Kennedy
was shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles after winning
the California presidential primary.

Sirhan, who was born in Palestine, confessed to the crime
at his trial and received a death sentence on March 3, 1969. 

JUNE 6, 1968

(FOX NEWS) – An auction of the personal belongings of
President Abraham Lincoln featured one rare item that
caught the attention of many.

The Associated Press reported a pair of gloves that were
in Lincoln’s pocket at Ford’s Theatre the night he was
shot drew in the largest bid. 

The bloodstained gloves are made out of leather and
went for $1.52 million, including a buyer’s premium fee.

Of the 144 items up for auction by Freeman’s/Hindman in
Chicago, 136 were sold.

The auction was held to fund payments on a loan from
20 years ago that was taken out by the Lincoln Presidential
Foundation.

SANDY KOZEL

On April 15, 1947, Jackie Robinson, at age 28, became the first
African American player in Major League Baseball’s modern
era when he steps onto Ebbets Field in Brooklyn to compete
for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Robinson broke the color barrier
in a sport that had been segregated for more than 50 years.

Exactly 50 years later, on April 15, 1997, Jackie Robinson’s groundbreaking career was honored and his uniform number,
42, was retired from Major League Baseball by Commissioner
Bud Selig in a ceremony attended by over 50,000 fans at New
York City’s Shea Stadium.

1972