# John Wilkes Booth
Disturbing Facts About the Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth
When Abraham Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, struck on the evening of April 14, 1865, he left little doubt as to his identity. The murderer leaped from the President’s box to the…
24 Events During the Manhunt for John Wilkes Booth
John Wilkes Booth was nearly as well known as the man he had just shot President Abraham Lincoln in April…
40 Facts About the Man on the Penny
Today, Abraham Lincoln takes most of the credit for ending slavery through the Civil War; however, this is not an…
10 Premonitions of Doom from History That Actually Came True
Soothsaying is a profitable venture if you can convince enough people that your fortune-telling skills are real. Nostradamus is probably…
Lincoln’s Avenger: The Sad Life of Boston Corbett, the Man who Killed John Wilkes Booth
It is a fair comment to suggest that Lee Harvey Oswald’s assassin, Jack Ruby, is far better than known than…
Abraham Lincoln’s Son Witnessed This Horrifying Event on Three Separate Occasions
Robert Todd Lincoln was the only child of Abraham Lincoln to survive into adulthood. His life is filled with coincidences…
The Story of the Last Surviving Witness to the Lincoln Assassination
As the years go by, history grows and grows. More and more events are added to the tapestry of human…
This Ship Disaster was the Titanic of the 19th Century
Just after the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, a group of people met in Knoxville, Tennessee. However, they…
Today in History: Assassin John Wilkes Booth is Killed (1865)
On April 14, 1865, just a few days after the official end to the American Civil War, Southern sympathizer John…
Today in History: Abraham Lincoln is Assassinated (1865)
Throughout the history of the United States there have been four presidential assassinations. Two of them are very well-known, the…