A drawing illustrates the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, by actor John Wilkes Booth.
President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head at Ford’s Theatre
in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865. The assassin, actor John
Wilkes Booth, shouted, “Sic semper tyrannis! (Ever thus to tyrants!)
The South is avenged,” as he jumped onto the stage and fled on horseback.
Lincoln died the next morning.
TIM MAGUIRE
Malcolm X (born Malcolm Little; May 19, 1925 – February 21, 1965)
Martin Luther King Jr. (January 15, 1929 – April 4, 1968)
King was a Baptist minister and activist who became the most
visible spokesperson and leader in the civil rights movement
from 1955 until his assassination in 1968.
Three days after his assassination in Dallas, Texas, John F.
Kennedy was laid to rest with full military honors at Arlington
National Cemetery in Virginia.
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963)
CBS newscaster Walter Cronkite announces the death of President
John F. Kennedy.
