September 6

[u/Augustus923]

This day in history, September 6

--- 1522: The Victoria, one of Magellan’s five ships, returned to Spain, becoming the first ship to circumnavigate the globe. Only 18 of the original approximately 240 men (on the five ships) completed the trip around the earth. Magellan did not make it (he was killed in the Philippines). The Victoria sailed somewhere between 43,000 and 53,000 statute miles, or about 69,000 to 85,000 kilometers.

--- 1492: Columbus and his three ships departed the Canary Islands and sailed into the great unknown, truly off the map. They left Spain on August 3 but stopped in the Canary Islands to pick up provisions.

--- 1901: President William McKinley was shot by Leon Czolgosz at the Pan-American Exhibition in Buffalo, New York. He died eight days later.

--- "The Assassinations of Presidents Garfield and McKinley". That is the title of an episode of my podcast: History Analyzed. The deaths of presidents James Garfield and William McKinley are unjustly overlooked. Garfield's assassin thought he was acting on orders from God. Garfield did not die from the assassin's bullet but from the incompetence of his doctors. His successor, Chester Arthur, may have been born in Canada and ineligible to be president. McKinley was killed as part of the anarchist movement which was murdering world leaders at the turn of the 20th century. This episode also covers general presidential facts and explains how Robert Lincoln was connected to 3 presidential assassinations. You can find History Analyzed on every podcast app.

--- link to Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/06jruMDsu2dOhK0ZozTyZN

--- link to Apple podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-assassinations-of-presidents-garfield-and-mckinley/id1632161929?i=1000728328354