Lincoln Shot at Ford's Theatre: Booth Pulls the Trigger
John Wilkes Booth shot President Abraham Lincoln during a performance of Our American Cousin, shattering the nation's hope for immediate reconciliation just five days after General Robert E. Lee surrendered. This brutal act transformed a moment of potential healing into a prolonged era of national mourning and intensified the harsh realities of Reconstruction.
April 14, 1865
161 years ago
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What Else Happened on April 14
Gaius Pansa's men didn't just win; they bled out in mud near Mutina, their commander dying of wounds hours after victory. The Senate cheered while Antony's legi…
Antony's cavalry smashed Pansa's line, leaving the consul dead in the mud at Forum Gallorum. But Hirtius arrived before the sun set, forcing a stalemate that co…
Vitellius's Rhine legions crushed Emperor Otho's forces at the Battle of Bedriacum in northern Italy, with Otho committing suicide rather than prolonging the ci…
le fils de l'empereur Vespasien Titus met le siège devant Jérusalem avec quatre légions.
Titus encircled Jerusalem with four Roman legions, beginning a five-month siege that would culminate in the destruction of the Second Temple. The fall of the ci…
en Masada, cerca de Jerusalén (Judea), los judíos defensores de la fortaleza cometen un suicidio colectivo para no entregarse a los romanos.
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