On April 21, 1865, The New York Times published a letter given ... a week since the famous actor shot and killed President ...
Images of Abraham Lincoln as he lay dying filled the popular press in the days following the assassination. The sudden and violent attack on the president came on Good Friday, the most somber day ...
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stock markets will remain closed ... to honor a deceased president was likely April 15, 1865 — following the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln, the NYSE confirmed to The ...