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- HIGHS: 81°
- WIND: SW 8 mph
TODAY IN HISTORY
- 1901 – President William McKinley dies after being shot by a deranged anarchist during the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo.
- 1959 – A Soviet rocket crashes into the moon’s surface, becoming the first man-made object sent from earth to reach the lunar surface.
- 1975 – Elizabeth Ann Seton is canonized by Pope Paul VI at the Vatican in Rome, becoming the first American-born Catholic saint.
- 1968 – Detroit Tigers pitcher Denny McLain wins his 30th game of the season, becoming the first 30-game winner in the major leagues since 1938.
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