John Wilkes Booth
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John Wilkes Booth (May 10, 1838 – April 26, 1865) is the assassin of United States of America President Abraham Lincoln. Born in 1838 in Maryland his parents had emigrated to the US from their native England in 1821. During the American Civil War, Booth had been a supporter of the Confederate Army but did not enlist, as a promise to his mother, instead spending the years acting in theater. Booth had always been a outspoken critic of Lincoln, and after hearing the news that Robert E. Lee had surrendered he threatened to assassinate Lincoln.
On the morning of April 14, 1865, Booth had learned that the President and his wife would be attending a theatrical engagement later that evening. Around 10pm that night during the play, Booth walked up to Lincoln and fired one shot into Lincoln's head from a .44 pistol. During the murder, Booth is reported to have said:
"Sic semper tyrannis" (Translated from Latin to mean "Thus always to tyrants").
After the assassination Booth fled to South Maryland where he was captured in barn shoot out. He died on April 26 1865 at age 26.
