Abraham Lincoln was assassinated on April 14, 1865. This video features a 3D animation that illustrates the events of Lincoln and Booth's day, culminating at the moment the clock struck 10:20 PM.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - April 14, 1865. President Abraham Lincoln was shot by John Wilkes Booth in Ford’s Theater in Washington, D.C. Lincoln’s death sent shockwaves through Kansas, which was only ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Booth was part of a nine-person conspiracy that also ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Treasured artifacts associated with President Abraham Lincoln were on the auction block Wednesday, separated from a collection that was intended to be available for public ...

Five days after the end of the Civil War, the joy of peace was shattered when John Wilkes Booth and his gang of followers put into motion a plan to “decapitate” the U.S. federal government. In ...

Bullet to the brain, from one farm boy to another. When John Wilkes Booth fired a .44 lead ball into Abraham Lincoln’s head, the murder shook a nation to its core and led to 13 days of bedlam rivaling ...

Local historian Larry Cook discusses the assassination of Abraham Lincoln during a presentation at the Hoyt Library in Kingston. Lincoln was shot on April 14 and died on April 15, 1865. You might have ...

STARKVILLE, Miss.—With the country on the cusp of healing after the Civil War, the sudden assassination of Abraham Lincoln in 1865 stands as one of the most significant and haunting events in American ...