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Abraham Lincoln

Died on April 15, 1865

161

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The 162nd anniversary falls on April 15, 2027, in 171 days.

16th President of the United States who led the nation through the Civil War and abolished slavery.

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Assassination of Abraham Lincoln

President Lincoln is shot by John Wilkes Booth and dies the following morning.

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1452–1519

Leonardo da Vinci

Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci (15 April 1452 – 2 May 1519) was an Italian polymath of the High Renaissance who was active as a painter, draughtsman, engineer, scientist, theorist, sculptor, and architect.

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1905–1980

Jean-Paul Sartre

Jean-Paul Charles Aymard Sartre (US also; French:; 21 June 1905 – 15 April 1980) was a French philosopher, political activist, and writer, considered a leading figure in 20th-century French philosophy and Marxism.

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1707–1783

Leonhard Euler

Leonhard Euler ( OY-lər; 15 April 1707 – 18 September 1783) was a Swiss polymath who was active as a mathematician, physicist, astronomer, logician, geographer, music theorist and engineer.

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1894–1971

Nikita Khrushchev

Nikita Sergeyevich Khrushchev (15 April 1894 – 11 September 1971) was the First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964 and the Chairman of the Council of Ministers from 1958 to 1964.

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