22h 11min, apr 14, 1865 y - Lincoln is Murdered. A confederate sympathizer named John Wilkes Booth slipped up behind Lincoln while he and his wife were attending a play at the Ford's Theatre. Booth fired a single shot into the back of Lincoln's head. He died a few hours later.
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