The Most Important Events That Changed History Forever

Assassination of Abraham Lincoln (1865)

The sixteenth president of the United States was assassinated on April 14, 1865 by stage actor John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C. Lincoln was the first U.S. president to be assassinated; his burial and funeral resulted in an extended period of mourning across the nation.

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  • The Catholic Church considers the Theory of Evolution to be "virtually certain", and believes that intelligent design "isn't science even though it pretends to be."
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