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Abraham Lincoln is born in Nolin Creek in Kentucky.
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The Lincoln family move to a 230 acre farm near Sinking Spring.
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The Lincoln family move to Indiana.
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The death of his mother, Nancy Hanks Lincoln
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Thomas Lincoln marries a widow, Sarah Bush Johnston who becomes stepmother to Abraham Lincoln
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The Lincoln family move to Illinois
First political speech of Abe in favor of improving navigation on the Sangamon River. -
Nominated to be the Republican candidate for President of the United States
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During the third act of the play John Wilkes Booth shoots the president in the head at approx 10:13 p.m.