April 15: Abraham Lincoln dies after being assassinated and the mystery behind the president

Abraham Lincoln was the first US president to be assassinated and died later. Lincoln's assassination was planned and executed by John Wilkes Booth, a professional drama actor as part of a larger conspiracy in an attempt to change the course of the Confederate war. USA.

John Wilkes Booth, a spy of the Union from Maryland, who had never joined the Union army, Booth had a relationship with the Secret Service. In 1864 Booth planned to kidnap Lincoln to demand the release of Union prisoners. But after attending Lincoln's speech on April 11, 1865, Booth angrily changed his plans and decided to assassinate the president.

On the evening of April 14, 1865, Abraham Lincoln and his wife Mary Todd and two guests came to see the play at the Ford Theater in Washington DC. That day, Ford Theater performed " Our American Cousin " ( American cousin. our). The VIP room where Lincoln sits only has 2 doors: the front door opens to the stage, the back door is locked. But no one could have imagined, the day before, the guy who liked the guest had cut a hole about 10 cm wide at the back door, near the door latch and cleverly disguised.

President Abraham Lincoln was assassinated while watching a play on April 14, 1865.

In the transitional scene, the bodyguard left the VIP room to go to the big hall for coffee. Do not miss the opportunity, the name likes visitors to gently pull the door latch, sneak into hiding behind Lincoln's chair, waiting for the opportunity. At the right time, the audience raised their applause, the name of the guest withdrew Derringer 44 mm, and the head of Lincoln fired. The piercing bullet from the left hemisphere turned to the right hemisphere, causing Lincoln to collapse. The wound was too heavy, so even though he was taken to the hospital for an immediate emergency surgery, Abraham Lincoln did not survive. At 7:21 am on April 15, 1865, Lincoln took his last breath. The whole United States shook and was shocked at the sudden death of " the hero who freed slaves ".

He died on April 15 due to a severe injury.

However, according to many later documents, there is one person who has anticipated this departure. That person is none other than Abraham Lincoln. It is said that about 10 days before Lincoln was murdered, he dreamed that he was in a coffin and there was a voice in his ear saying " The President has been assassinated!" .

Shocked, Lincoln recounted that strange dream to those close to him, including a bodyguard officer, William H. Crook. Also shocked, equally obsessed with the nightmare , the officer pleaded with the President to temporarily not leave the White House and cancel the plan for the Ford Theater to watch " Our American Cousin " . But perhaps fate has arranged. On April 14, 1865, Lincoln decided to go to the Ford Theater and the dream of obsession came true.

The American press said that their 16th president, after all, was just the ill-fated victim of a poisonous curse called Tecumseh " every 20 years, any commander-in-chief chosen at the end of the year. equal to zero will die before the end of the term. "

Many people believe that Mr. Lincoln died due to a curse for American presidents.

Although it is just a legendary story, the fact that the US political school proves " the Tecumseh curse " is not simply a fantasy. William Henry Harrison was elected president of the United States and died after taking office for one month, in 1841. The second victim of the curse was Abraham Lincoln. He was elected president in 1860 and was assassinated in 1865. After Abraham Lincoln was president James Abram Garfield, elected in 1880, assassinated in 1881. William McKinley, elected in 1900 and assassinated in the year 1901. President Warren Gamaliel Harding was elected in 1920 and was poisoned in 1923. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, elected in 1940, stroke in 1945. John Fitzgerald Kennedy, elected President in 1960 and assassinated on 22- 11-1963.