0h 43min, apr 15, 1865 y - Lincoln's Assassination
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While attending a play named “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater in Washington D.C. just a few days after Lee’s surrender, Abraham Lincoln was shot. Lincoln died 9 hours later.President Andrew Johnson replaced Abraham Lincoln as President of the U.S. The assassin was named John Wilkes Booth, a pro-secessionist actor
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0h 43min, apr 15, 1865 y
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~ 159 years ago
