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14 April

  1. 1865

    Booth shoots Lincoln at Ford's Theatre; at about the same time Powell attacks Seward at his home.

    Lincoln Assassination Executed

    Good Friday, 1865: an actor shoots the president at Ford's Theatre, a manhunt crosses two states, and a military court hangs four conspirators.

  2. 1895

    Dreyfus is placed in solitary confinement on Devil's Island.

    Dreyfus Affair Disputed verdict

    A torn note from a wastebasket, a Jewish captain sent to Devil's Island, and the real spy acquitted in three minutes: the injustice that split France.

  3. 1921

    Vicars is shot dead by the IRA outside his home at Kilmorna, County Kerry.

    Irish Crown Jewels theft Unsolved

    Days before a royal visit in July 1907, the diamond regalia of the Order of St Patrick vanished from a safe in Dublin Castle. They have never been found.