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Notable Assassinations Since 1865

Notable Assassinations Since 1865. 1865—Apr. 14: U.S. Pres. Abraham Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth, a well-known actor with Confederate sympathies, at Ford's Theater in Washington, DC; died Apr. 15. 1881—Mar. 13: Alexander II, of Russia. John F. . . .

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