Today in History 04/14/18

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The assassination of Abraham Lincoln by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre, Washington DC, April 14, 1865 (© MPI/Getty Images)(1865) President Lincoln is shot
Five days after Confederate forces surrender at Appomattox, handing Abraham Lincoln his long-fought victory in the Civil War, John Wilkes Booth enters the Presidential Box at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, DC, and shoots Lincoln once in the back of the head. The president will die the following day.
Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died the following day at 7:22 a.m., in the Petersen House opposite the theater. He was the first American president to be assassinated; his funeral and burial marked an extended period of national mourning.
Date: Apr 14, 1865

John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth, assassin of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln.
wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln
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(1865) President Lincoln is shot.
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