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When was John Wilkes Booth born?

  • May 10, 1838

  • April 14, 1865

  • April 26, 1865

  • May 10, 1858

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John Wilkes Booth was born on May 10, 1838 in Bel Air, Maryland. He was an American actor and assassin who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the Confederate States of America, and he was motivated by his hatred of Lincoln and his support for the Confederacy.
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