A look back at local, national and world events through Deseret News archives. On April 15, 1865, Abraham Lincoln died after being shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theater the previous evening; ...

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It was Good Friday, April 14, 1865, and Abraham Lincoln was in an unusual mood: Happy. Giddy. He was a man freed of the heaviest burden any U.S. president had ever been forced to bear. The mighty ...

The circumstances surrounding the death of President Abraham Lincoln are well-known. He was shot in the head at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865, while attending a play with his wife, Mary, and then ...