On April 15th 1865, President Abraham Lincoln died nine hours after being shot the night before by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington.
Outside, thousands of people crowded onto Tenth Street and kept vigil through the night. President Abraham Lincoln died at 7:22 a.m. on April 15, 1865.
Andrew Johnson became the nation's 17th president.
It’s been 159 years since Abraham Lincoln has been gone. (1+5+9 = 13)
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