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Today in history: April 26

April 26 On this day. 1865: President Abraham Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was killed when Union soldiers found him hiding in a barn in Virginia. Booth murdered Lincoln 12 days before, as the president attended a play at Ford's Theatre in Washington. Show More Summary

An African Caesar

When “Julius Caesar” was performed at the Winter Garden Theatre in New York in 1864, the role of Mark Antony was played by John Wilkes Booth. His brother Edwin Booth played Brutus, and their brother Junius Brutus Booth, Jr., was Cassius. Show More Summary

Edward Jay Epstein: A Decapitation Plot?

As all the world knows by now, Lincoln was assassinated by the actor John Wilkes Booth, who was shot to death by federal troops. Since then Booth has in the popular mind become the template for the crazed lone assassin. In fact, Booth was not the only assassin at work that night.

Republican lawmaker reacts to death of Hugo Chavez: ‘Sic semper tyrannis’

Reacting to the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Tuesday, Republican Rep. Tom Cotton called his passing "welcome news" and evoked the Latin phrase that John Wilkes Booth famously shouted after assassinating Abraham Lincoln in 1865. "Sic semper tyrannis," Cotton said in a statement, which means "thus ever to tyrants." "After the welcome news [...]

Michael Russnow: Why Seth MacFarlane's John Wilkes Booth Joke Didn't Work For Most: Bob Newhart Got it Right When Less Than 100 Years Had Passed

Here are two punch lines that remind us of Lincoln's death. One worked for most, the other only for a minority. It had nothing to do with sensitivity about Lincoln's passing, rather it was the approach.

No One Was Safe From Oscar Host Seth MacFarlane’s Jabs, Not Even Quvenzhane Wallis [VIDEO]

That Chris Brown and Rihanna joke he made earned groans but, weirdly enough, not as many as his John Wilkes Booth joke?!?

Captain Kirk's Return from the Future to the Academy Awards Did Not Work!

Seth MacFarlane: >"I would argue, however, that the actor who really got inside Lincoln’s head was John Wilkes Booth,” he said, garnering “ooohs” from the audience. “Really? 150 years later and it’s still too soon?” Yep. Still too s...

Inside ‘Killing Lincoln’: John Wilkes Booth, the Famed Actor History Forgot

'Killing Lincoln' star Jesse Johnson reveals the little-known history of John Wilkes Booth - including the assassin's real-life status as an A-list actor.

'Killing Lincoln': Abraham Lincoln was 'martyred,' John Wilkes Booth was 'vilified'

"My great-grandfather was in Ford's Theatre the night that Lincoln got killed. I'm very close to this story," says Graham Beckel, who plays Secretary of War Edwin Stanton in "Killy Lincoln."

Bill O’Reilly’s Book Comes to TV Tonight

“Killing Lincoln,” a 90-minute TV adaptation of Bill O’Reilly‘s best-selling book debuts on National Geographic Channel tonight. It stars Billy Campbell as Abraham Lincoln, Jesse Johnson as John Wilkes Booth and narrated by Tom Hanks. Show More Summary

Douglas Anthony Cooper: Gun Ranting: Good Fun, or Treason?

John Wilkes Booth saw himself as ridding the nation of a tyrant, but the nation mostly saw him as the treasonous assassin of their elected leader. See how this works? It's all a matter of perspective, isn't it?

Brad Meltzer Hunts "The Fifth Assassin"

With his latest novel, "The Fifth Assassin," writer Brad Meltzer finds the thread that links presidential assassins from John Wilkes Booth to Lee Harvey Oswald, launches his first sequel and give out decoder rings.

MSNBC Analyst: Limbaugh 'Calling For John Wilkes Booth' Like Assignation

MSNBC's David Corn: Rush Limbaugh Is 'Calling For John Wilkes Booth'

The hyperventilating over gun restrictions by the liberal media is getting absurd. On Friday, MSNBC's David Corn appearing on Hardball actually said that conservative talk radio host Rush Limbaugh is "calling for John Wilkes Booth" by...Show More Summary

NatGeo’s ‘Killing Lincoln’ producer says John Wilkes Booth ‘could be the poster child for the Tea Party’

John Wilkes Booth “could be the poster child for the Tea Party,” NatGeo’s “Killing Lincoln” exec producer Erik Jendresen told shocked TV critics attending Winter TV Press Tour 2013. Booth was not mad and his views were, in fact, pretty common when he assassinated Lincoln, Jendresen said Friday. Read full article >>

'Killing Lincoln' Producer: John Wilkes Booth 'Could Be a Poster Child for the Tea Party'

Fox News' Bill O'Reilly might dub Erik Jendresen a "pinhead" for his comments about the Tea Party - assuming the host wants to mock the man bringing O'Reilly's "Killing Lincoln" book to television. Erik Jendresen, the writer and executive...Show More Summary

‘Killing Lincoln’ producer says John Wilkes Booth could be tea party ‘poster boy’

The writer-producer of the upcoming film Killing Lincoln says infamous presidential assassin John Wilkes Booth could be a “poster boy

‘Killing Lincoln’ Writer Says John Wilkes Booth “Could Be Poster Child For Tea Party”: TCA

Ray Richmond is contributing to Deadline’s coverage of TCA. Erik Jendresen, the writer and executive producer of the forthcoming National Geographic Channel film Killing Lincoln, told critics during a TCA panel this morning that while...Show More Summary

The Booth

The Booth 2:55 Mark Fowler presents his one-man musical about John Wilkes Booth! Submitted by: LateNightNate Regular Keywords: actor lincoln musical john wilkes booth assassin one man show parody guest history crazy Views: 29

Ford's Theatre, Wash DC

My last bit of American history. I visited Ford's Theater in Washington D.C. It was here Abraham Lincoln was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth. I had often wondered how Booth could have gotten in to see the President when there were rumors circulating Washington that an assassination attempt was going to happen. Show More Summary