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Abraham Lincoln is born in Hardin County, Kentucky.
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Lincoln and eight friends are successful in passing a bill to
move the state capital from Vandalia to Springfield. -
Lincoln and Mary Todd are married.
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Robert Todd Lincoln, the Lincoln’s first child, is born at the
Globe Tavern. -
Lincoln becomes the first Republican to be elected President of
the United States. -
Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States.
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Actor John Wilkes Booth shoots Lincoln in Ford’s Theatre.
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Lincoln is buried in Oak Ridge Cemetery, Springfield.