Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
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title:
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln
text:
On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, was shot by John Wilkes Booth 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 of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater. He was the first U.S. president to be assassinated. His funeral and burial were marked by an extended period of national mourning. Near the end of the American Civil War
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1865 murder in Washington, D.C., US
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Abraham_Lincoln
date created:
2006-04-28T02:18:36Z
date modified:
2024-09-11T01:35:14Z
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