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apr 14, 1865 - Lincoln is Assassinated

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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.

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apr 14, 1865
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~ 161 years ago

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