John Wilkes Booth -LRB- May 10, 1838 â '' April 26, 1865 -RRB- was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford 's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865.
John Wilkes Booth -LRB- May 10, 1838 â '' April 26, 1865 -RRB- was an American actor who shot U.S. president Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865, in Washington, DC.