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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, [2] Lincoln died of his wounds the following day at 7:22 am in the Petersen House opposite the theater. [3]
On April 14, 1865, John Wilkes Booth became the first person to assassinate an American president when he shot and killed Abraham Lincoln in his box at Ford’s Theater in Washington.
John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) was an American stage actor who assassinated United States President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
Mar 15, 2024 · On 14 April 1865, an actor by the name of John Wilkes Booth entered Ford’s Theatre in Washington DC, not to perform but to murder the president of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. What drove Booth to pull the trigger? And how was he able to evade the law for 12 days? We explore the remarkable manhunt for Abraham Lincoln's assassin…
Aug 20, 2024 · John Wilkes Booth, member of one of the United States’ most distinguished acting families of the 19th century and the assassin who mortally wounded U.S. President Abraham Lincoln in Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
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- John Wilkes Booth was part of a family of celebrated actors, but he is remembered as the assassin who mortally wounded U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln i...
- John Wilkes Booth was part of one of the most distinguished acting families in the 19th century United States. His father, Junius Brutus Booth, an...
- John Wilkes Booth was an actor. After an unsuccessful Baltimore, Maryland, theatrical debut in 1856, he played minor roles in Philadelphia until 18...
- John Wilkes Booth was a vigorous supporter of the Southern cause. He was outspoken in his advocacy of slavery and his hatred of U.S. Pres. Abraham...
- John Wilkes Booth fled after shooting U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln. During the massive manhunt he was discovered by Federal troops while hiding in th...
Nov 13, 2009 · President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865 by assassin John Wilkes Booth. President Lincoln died the next day.
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Aug 17, 2024 · assassination of Abraham Lincoln, murderous attack on Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the United States, at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., on the evening of April 14, 1865. Shot in the head by Confederate sympathizer John Wilkes Booth, Lincoln died the next morning.
