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John Wilkes Booth (10. května 1838 Bel Air, Maryland – 26. dubna 1865 Port Royal, Virginie) byl americký herec, který zavraždil prezidenta USA Abrahama Lincolna ve Fordově divadle ve Washingtonu dne 14. dubna 1865.
Nov 13, 2009 · President Abraham Lincoln is shot in the head at Ford’s Theatre in Washington, D.C. on April 14, 1865 by assassin John Wilkes Booth. President Lincoln died the next day.
Apr 8, 2015 · All was quiet, too, in the tobacco barn, where John Wilkes Booth and his co-conspirator David Herold were sleeping. The barking dogs and the clanking, rumbling sound finally woke Booth.
On the morning of April 14, 1865 (Good Friday), actor John Wilkes Booth learned President Abraham Lincoln would attend a performance of the comedy Our American Cousin that night at Ford’s Theatre—a theatre Booth frequently performed at. He realized his moment had arrived.
American actor and assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, John Wilkes Booth (1838–1865), a distant relative; John Wilkes plaque in Grosvenor Chapel, London. The plaque beneath is to his daughter. The Wilkes Head (public house), Eastergate, West Sussex; The Wilkes Head (public house), Leek, North Staffordshire
John Wilkes Booth, (born May 10, 1838, near Bel Air, Md., U.S.—died April 26, 1865, near Port Royal, Va.), U.S. actor and assassin of Pres. Abraham Lincoln. Born into a family of famous actors, he achieved success in Shakespearean roles but resented the greater acclaim enjoyed by his brother, Edwin Booth. A fanatical believer in slavery and ...
Mar 15, 2024 · “People were hearing about it (asking), ”John Wilkes Booth, the actor, killed the President? Was this some sort of farce?” Besides telling Stanton’s story, Beletsky introduces viewers to Mary Simms, a slave belonging to a physician named Dr. Samuel Mudd, (played by Matt Walsh), who treated Booth while he was on the run.
