President Abraham Lincoln died from a gunshot wound to the head at 7:22 a.m. on April 15, 1865.

The handwritten notification of President Abraham Lincoln's death is being offered for sale by a Philadelphia documents dealer. Nathan Raab, president of the Raab Collection, says the telegram was ...

MADISON, Wis. (WMTV) - On this day, April 15, 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died after being shot by John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln was attending the play “Our American Cousin” when Booth snuck into his ...

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“Abraham Lincoln died this morning at 22 minutes after seven.” Ten words that changed the course of history. It was written on a telegram on April 15, 1865 — the morning after Lincoln was shot by John ...

If the date rings a bell, there's a good reason: April 15 is the deadline to file your income taxes or file for an extension. But 161 years ago, April 15 was memorable for another reason: The date ...