Sad anniversary (Death of 16th President of the United States)

from NYTIMES dot-com email list serv:

ON THIS DAY

On April 14, 1865, President Lincoln was shot and mortally wounded by John Wilkes Booth while attending the comedy "Our American Cousin" at Ford's Theater in Washington, D.C. He died the next day.
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From AbrahamLincolnOnline dot-org:
April 21, 1865 President Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington, D.C. for his hometown of Springfield, Illinois.