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On This Day…..
Lincoln Assassination Conspirators Hanged….. July 7, 1865…… Four conspirators in U.S. President Abraham Lincoln‘s assassination are hanged in Washington D.C. The condemned included Mary E. Surratt, making her the First Woman Executed by the U.S. Federal Government. It was believed she provided assistance to Lincoln’s killer John Wilkes Booth.
This Weekend In History…..
Jim Morrison Dies of Overdose…… July 3, 1971…… Jim Morrison, the lead singer with The Doors, dies of a drug-induced heart attack. Although various stories are given, it is believed he snorted heroin, believing it was cocaine, and immediately suffered a heart attack. His long-term girlfriend, Pamela Courson, helped put him in a bathtub of warm…
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President Garfield Assassination….. July 2, 1881…… U.S. President James A. Garfield is shot and mortally wounded by Charles J. Guiteau at the Baltimore and Potomac Railroad Station in Washington, D.C. Guiteau believed he deserved an appointed position due to his support of Garfield’s presidential campaign. When that didn’t happen, he decided to kill the President. Garfield died in September…
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Civil War – Battle of Gettysburg….. July 1, 1863…… The Battle of Gettysburg marked the beginning of the end of the war for the South. Confederate General Robert E. Lee had marched his men into Pennsylvania where he was met by Union General George G. Meade at Gettysburg. Before the battle ended on July 3rd, each side…