Actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at the Ford Theatre in Washington,D.C. on April 14, 1865. Wilkes had access to the theater because of his profession. He was a member of a famous theatrical family, although the least illustrious member:Â Junius Brutus Booth, a great English tragedian, emigrated to the United States in 1821 […]
SOURCE: New York Theater at 01:48PM on April 14, 2015