Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, was assassinated by well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C.
Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. Booth shot Lincoln during a play at Fords Theatre in Washington DC and Lincoln later died at Peterson House in Washington.
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