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Hace 5 días · One man links two of the most notorious crimes of the nineteenth century – an Irish American by the name of Francis Tumblety. It stretches credulity but this individual, arrested in 1865, as a suspected member of the gang behind the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, was also detained by Scotland Yard in 1888 over the Jack the Ripper case.
Hace 5 días · Died: 15 April 1865 (assassination by gunshot) Best Known As: The Civil War president who wrote the Gettysburg Address and Emancipation Proclamation Signed and issued January 1, 1863.
Hace 4 días · The youngest, Thomas "Tad" Lincoln, was born on April 4, 1853, and survived his father, but died of heart failure at age 18 on July 16, 1871. Lincoln "was remarkably fond of children" and the Lincolns were not considered to be strict with their own.
Hace 7 horas · Dorothy Grafton Obituary. It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Dorothy Grafton of Lincoln, Nebraska, who passed away on June 23, 2024, at the age of 93, leaving to mourn family and friends. Leave a sympathy message to the family on the memorial page of Dorothy Grafton to pay them a last tribute.
Hace 2 días · The 1864 United States presidential election was the 20th quadrennial presidential election. It was held on Tuesday, November 8, 1864. Near the end of the American Civil War, incumbent President Abraham Lincoln of the National Union Party easily defeated the Democratic nominee, former General George B. McClellan, by a wide margin of ...
Hace 4 días · Meet the talented cast of Lincoln, including Daniel Day-Lewis, Sally Field, David Strathairn, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, James Spader, Hal Holbrook, Tommy Lee Jones, and John Hawkes. Discover the actors and actresses who brought these historical figures to life on the big screen.
Hace 5 días · On April 14th, 1865, Abraham Lincoln was assassinated inside the Ford’s Theatre in Washington D.C. by actor John Wilkes Booth.
