What infamous American stage actor assassinated the 16th President of America, Abraham Lincoln, while he was attending the play Our American Cousin?
Answer John Wilkes Booth
On April 14, 1865, while attending the play Our American Cousin at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., Abraham Lincoln was killed by actor John Wilkes Booth. Lincoln died the next day in the Petersen House, after being shot in the head while watching the performance. He was the country's first assassinated president, and his funeral and burial triggered a protracted period of national sorrow.
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