Final answer:
John Wilkes Booth killed Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, by shooting him at Ford's Theater in Washington.
Step-by-step explanation:
President Abraham Lincoln was killed by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865, at Ford's Theater in Washington. Lincoln was attending a play when Booth shot him. Lincoln died from his wounds the next day. Booth was part of a larger conspiracy to eliminate the heads of the Union government.