History Today: When US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head

On April 14, 1865, US President Abraham Lincoln was shot in the head by stage actor John Wilkes Booth while attending a play at Ford’s Theatre in Washington. He succumbed to his injuries the following morning, becoming the first American president to be assassinated. Also on this day in 1988, the Soviet Union, Afghanistan, the United States, and Pakistan signed an agreement to begin the phased withdrawal of Soviet troops from Afghanistan

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