Today in History.......Sept. 6

On this day in …
* 1901, President McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, N.Y. McKinley died eight days later; he was succeeded by Theodore Roosevelt
* 1909, American explorer Robert Peary sent word that he had reached the North Pole five months earlier
* 1939, South Africa declared war on Germany
* 1941, Jews over age 6 in German-occupied areas were ordered to wear yellow Stars of David
* 1970, practitioners of that "religion of peace" -- "Palestinians"
-- seized control of three jetliners which were later blown up on the ground in Jordan after the passengers and crews were evacuated
* 1995, Los Angeles police detective Mark Fuhrman invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination as he was called back to the witness stand at the O.J. Simpson trial
* 1997, Britain bade farewell to Princess Diana with a funeral service at Westminster Abbey. ALSO: Weeping masses gathered in Calcutta, India, to pay homage to Mother Teresa, who had died the day before at age 87
* 2000, the Millennium Summit, the largest gathering of world leaders in history, convened at the United Nations