14 apr 1865 anni - Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending A play in Washington, D.C. Shot in the head as he watched the play, Lincoln died the following day. He was the first U.S. president to be assassinated
Occurring near the end of the American Civil War, the assassination was part of a larger conspiracy intended by Booth to revive the Confederate cause by eliminating the three most important officials of the United States government. Conspirators Lewis Powell and David Herold were assigned to kill Secretary of State William H. Seward, and George Atzerodt was tasked with killing Vice President Andrew Johnson. Beyond Lincoln's death, the plot failed: Seward was only wounded and Johnson's would-be attacker lost his nerve. After a dramatic initial escape, Booth was killed at the climax of a 12-day manhunt. Powell, Herold, Atzerodt and Mary Surratt were later hanged for their roles in the conspiracy.
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