Assassination of President Lincoln:President Lincoln was at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC, watching Our American Cousin, on the night of April 14, 1865. A man named John Wilkes Booth shot the President in the head. John Wilkes Booth was an actor, but he also supported the south. Surprisingly, Lincoln enjoyed watching Booth perform very much. The guard of the Presidential box was unfortunately on his break, and Booth was able to get in without any trouble. If someone found him, the reward would be $100,000, which is 1.47100 million dollars today.
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Similarities between JFK and Lincoln's assassination:
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