apr 14, 1865 - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln

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