On This Day April 14

On April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln went to attend the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.  During the third act of the production, John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor and a Confederate spy from Maryland, entered the presidential box and fired a pistol at point-blank range into the back of Lincoln's head. After remaining in a coma for nine hours, Lincoln died at 7:22 am on April 15th.

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

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