1865 ⟶ Assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
April 14: United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassi...
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📜 Emancipation Proclamation Issued by Abraham Lincoln
President Abraham Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation on January 1, 1863, declaring slaves in Confederate territories free, a pivotal step toward abolishing slavery in the United States.⟶
American Civil WarSlaveryEmancipationAbolitionismAbraham LincolnCivil Rights
United States🔪 Assassination of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln
April 14: United States President Abraham Lincoln is assassinated by actor and Confederate sympathiser John Wilkes Booth, while attending a performance at Ford's Theater, Washington, D.C. He dies approximately nine hours after being shot on April 15, 1865.⟶
AssassinationAmerican Civil WarReconstruction EraAbraham LincolnPolitical Violence
United States🔫 President Garfield Assassinated
🔪 McKinley Assassination and Roosevelt's Ascension
September 6: The assassination of William McKinley ushered in office Vice President Theodore Roosevelt after McKinley's death on September 14.⟶
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United States🕊️ Assassination of US Senator Robert F. Kennedy
AssassinationCivil Rights MovementPresidential ElectionPolitical ViolenceSocial Upheaval
United States🔫 Assassination Attempt on President Ronald Reagan
March 30: Assassination attempt on U.S. president Ronald Reagan.⟶
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