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Oct 27, 2009 · John Wilkes Booth was an actor and Confederate sympathizer who assassinated U.S. President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., in April 1865.
Jul 27, 2018 · On the night of April 14, 1865, well-known stage actor John Wilkes Booth slipped into the presidential box at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C., and shot President Abraham Lincoln in the...
1838–65. Maryland. Actor. Arguably the nation's most famous assassin, John Wilkes Booth was an accomplished actor, southern sympathizer, and likely spy before shooting President Lincoln in...
Apr 8, 2015 · The barking dogs and the clanking, rumbling sound finally woke Booth. Recognizing the unique music of cavalry on the move, the assassin knew he had only a minute or two to react. Booth woke...
Mar 15, 2024 · Assassinations. The True Story of Manhunt and One Man’s Obsessive Quest to Capture John Wilkes Booth. The new Apple TV+ show dramatizes Secretary of War Edwin Stanton’s search for John...
Nov 6, 2020 · John Wilkes Booth being dragged from the barn on Garrett's farm by Union cavalry sent to capture him after his assassination of President Lincoln. His Longest Death Scene.
Mar 18, 2024 · As shown in Apple TV+’s Manhunter, John Wilkes Booth shot and killed President Lincoln on April 14, 1865, during a performance of Our American Cousin by playwright Tom Taylor at the Ford Theatre. Booth was 26 years old, just shy of his 27th birthday, at the time of the assassination.
