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1996 Lincoln Kirstein, ballet administrator, dies at 88
1995 David Lincoln Lightbown, politician, dies at 63 1994 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" closes at Beaumont New York City after 40 performances 1993 "Abe Lincoln in Illinois" opens at Beaumont Theater New York City for 40 performances 1993 Arab terror group planning bombing of Holland/Lincoln Tunnels caught 1992 Lincoln Hospital in Bronx loses its accreditation 1992 Dorothy Tree, actress (Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Nazi Agent), dies 1991 Charles Keating, Jr. (Lincoln Savings and Loan fraud), found guilty 1991 Lincoln Demyan, dies at 66 1989 Lincoln Square in Bronx named 1986 Una Merkel, U.S. actress (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 82 1985 Stepin Fetchit, Lincoln Penny, 1st black star, dies of pneumonia 83 1978 Heather Brink, Lincoln, Nebraska, gymnast 1996 Olympics 1974 Bard's presentation of "Richard III" opens at Lincoln Center New York City 1974 Edgar Dearing, actor (Free and Easy, Abraham Lincoln), dies at 81 1974 Ben[jamin] Lincoln Holbrook, Hartland Wis, rower 1996 Olympics 1972 Horace Mann Bond, president of Lincoln University (Pa), dies at 70 1972 Myra Katherine Hale, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Miss America-Nebraska 1996 1972 "Hot Rod Lincoln," by Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen hits #9 1971 Lincoln Kennedy, tackle for the Oakland Raiders 1970 The Who's "Tommy" is performed at New York's Lincoln Center 1970 Rob Gaudreau, Lincoln, NHL center, Ottawa Senators 1969 Lincoln Coleman, NFL running back for the Atlanta Falcons 1969 Jeremy Lincoln, NFL cornerback, Chicago Bears, Seattle Seahawks 1967 George Lincoln Rockwell, head of American Nazi Party, assassinated 1967 Carl Sandburg, poet (Abraham Lincoln: Prairie Years), dies at 89 1966 Metropolitan Opera opens at New York's Lincoln Center 1966 Metropolitan Opera House opens in Lincoln Center 1963 Martin Luther King Jr's "I have a dream speech" at Lincoln Memorial 1962 Janine Turner, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, actress, Maggie-Northern Exposure 1962 NY's Philharmonic Hall (since renamed Avery Fisher Hall) opens as 1st unit of Lincoln Center for Performing Arts 1961 "Young Abe Lincoln" closes at Eugene O'Neill New York City after 27 performances 1961 "Young Abe Lincoln" opens at Eugene O'Neill Theater New York City for 27 performances 1961 Lucky Vanous, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, model, GQ, Diet Coke 1960 Blanche Lincoln, American Politician 1960 Charles Ives' "Lincoln, the Great Commoner," premieres 1959 Russell Simpson, actor (Abraham Lincoln), dies at 79 1959 Scott D. Altman, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Lieutenant Commander USN/astronaut, sk: STS-90 1959 Glenn Dubis, Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. 3x40 rifle, Olympics-1984, 88, 96 1956 Jim Barton, born Lincoln, Nebraska, soling yachter, won Olympic bronze in 1996 1955 Robert E Sherwood, dramatist (Abe Lincoln in Illinois), dies at 59 1954 KUON TV channel 12 in Lincoln, NB (PBS) begins broadcasting 1954 Lincoln Diaz-Balart, born in Havana, Cuba, Representative-R-Florida 1993 - 1954 Phil Neale, born in Scunthorpe, England, cricketer, coach, team manager, played for Worcestershire, played football for Lincoln City, Scunthorpe United, 1989 Wisden Cricketer of the Year 1953 Lincoln Chafee, American Politician 1953 KOLN TV channel 10 in Lincoln, NB (CBS) begins broadcasting 1951 Lincoln Ellsworth, artic explorer, dies at 71 1946 Chelsea Brown, born in Chicago, Illinois, comedienne, Laugh-in, Matt Lincoln 1943 Lincoln Davis, American Politician 1941 Dick Cheney, born in Lincoln Nebraska, Representative-R-Wyoming 1979 - 1989, George H. W. Bush's Secretary of Defense, 1989 - 1993, vice president 2001 - 2009 1939 Marian Anderson sings before 75,000 at Lincoln Memorial 1938 Robert Sherwoods "Abe Lincoln in Illinois," premieres in New York City 1938 Niara Sudarkasa, Gloria M Clark, educator/president, Lincoln College 1937 Lincoln Tunnel, in New York City, opens to traffic 1936 Lincoln Steffens, American Journalist 1936 Maurice Shock, rector, Lincoln College in Oxford 1936 Edward Rell Madigan, born in Lincoln, Illinois, Representative-R-Illinois 1973 - 1983 1932 David Lincoln Lightbown, politician 1932 Lincoln Kilpatrick, born in St. Louis, Missouri, actor, BJ-Leslie Uggams Show 1930 Abbey Lincoln, born in Chicago, Illinois, actress and singer, Nothing But a Man 1929 Charles Wadsworth, Barnesville Georgia, pianist, Lincoln Center 1928 Jan Meyers, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, Representative-R-Kansas 1985 - 1997 1928 Vince Edwards, born in Brooklyn, New York, actor, Ben Casey, Matt Lincoln, Firehouse 1925 Gore Vidal, born in West Point, New York, author, Myra Breckinridge, Lincoln 1924 Neville Marriner, born in Lincoln, England, conductor, Minnesota Orchestra 1978 1923 Philip Abbott, born in Lincoln, Nebraska, actor, Arthur Ward-The FBI 1922 Lincoln Memorial dedicated 1915 Cornerstone laid for Lincoln Memorial in Washington D.C. 1914 Fred Clark, born in Lincoln California, actor, Burns and Allen, Auntie Mame, Hazard 1913 Lincoln Deachey performs 1st airplane loop-the-loop (San Diego) 1913 1st U.S. paved coast-to-coast highway, the Lincoln Highway, opens 1913 Lincoln Highway opens as 1st paved coast-to-coast highway 1913 Marjorie Weaver, born in Crossville, Tennessee, actress, Young Mr. Lincoln 1913 Edward Fiennes-Clinton, born in Australia, born Edward Horace Fiennes-Clinton, 18th Earl of Lincoln, engineer, landowner, inherited Earldom but formally did not prove his right to the title 1909 Samuel Yorty, Lincoln, Nebraska, Mayor-LA 1909 U.S. issues 1st Lincoln penny 1909 1st Lincoln head pennies minted 1908 Max Abramovitz, U.S. architect, Lincoln Center, United Nations Building 1907 Jim Bishop, author, The Day Lincoln was Shot 1903 Una Merkel, Covington, Kentucky, actress, 42nd Street, Abraham Lincoln 1902 Stepin Fetchit, Lincoln Perry, Florida, actor, Miracle in Harlem 1901 Andre Kostelanetz, St. Petersburg Russia, conductor, Lincoln Portrari 1896 Robert Sherwood, dramatist, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Idiot's Delight 1895 Wallace K Harrison, Worcester Massachusetts, U.S. architect, UN, Lincoln Center 1893 Edgar Dearing, bron in Ceres, California, actor, Abraham Lincoln, Free and Easy 1891 Leslie Lincoln Henson, actor, Lady Luck, Funny Face, Harvey 1887 President Abraham Lincoln's re-buried with his wife in Springfield, Illinois 1887 Ernest Holmes, born in Lincoln, Maine, author, teacher, spiritualist, founded Religious Science movement, considered 'Science of Mind', part of New Thought movement, wrote metaphysical books, including 'The Science of Mind', founded 'Science of Mind' magazine 1882 John Drinkwater, English poet/playwright, Abraham Lincoln 1880 Russell Simpson, actor, Abraham Lincoln 1880 Lincoln Ellsworth, led 1st transarctic, transantarctic flights 1878 Oscar Apfel, Cleveland, actor, Abraham Lincoln, Inspiration, Before Dawn 1878 Carl Sandburg, U.S., poet/biographer of Lincoln, The People, Yes 1876 7th U.S. Cavalry under Custer leaves Ft. Lincoln 1867 Congress approves Lincoln Memorial 1866 Henry Bacon, architect, Lincoln Memorial 1866 Joseph Lincoln Steffens, muckraker and journalist, Shame of the Cities 1866 Lincoln Steffens, American Journalist 1865 Mary Surratt, and 3 other Lincoln conspirators, hanged 1865 8 alleged conspirators in assassination of Lincoln are found guilty 1865 Flag flown at full staff over White House, 1st time since Lincoln shot 1865 Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington 1865 Mary Surratt is arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination 1865 Abraham Lincoln, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at 7:22 am, Representative-R-Illinois 1847 - 1849, 16th president 1861 - 1865 1865 President Abraham Lincoln shot in Ford's Theater by John Wilkes Booth 1865 Lincoln urges a spirit of generous conciliation during reconstruction 1865 President Lincoln inaugurated for his 2nd term as president 1865 Hampton Roads Peace Conference, Lincoln and Stephens reach an impasse 1864 Abraham Lincoln (R) elected to his 2nd term as president 1864 Lincoln formaly establishes Thanksgiving as a national holiday 1864 John S Staples is paid $500 as a substitute for President Lincoln 1864 President Lincoln asks for 500,000 volunteers for military service 1864 George Lincoln Prescott, U.S. Union Brigadier-General, dies of injuries 1864 Abe Lincoln renominated for President by Republican Party 1863 Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South 1863 President Lincoln offers amnesty for confederate deserters 1863 Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg; "4 score and 7 years..." 1863 Lincoln begins 1st draft of his Gettysburg Address 1863 Lincoln designates last Thursday in November as Thanksgiving Day 1863 Governor Seymour asks Lincoln to suspend draft in New York 1863 President Lincoln issues "eye-for-eye" order to shoot a rebel prisoner for every black prisoner shot 1863 Abraham Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences 1863 Lincoln approves charter for National Academy of Sciences 1863 Lincoln signs National Currency Act 1863 President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful 1863 Emancipation Proclamation issued by Abraham Lincoln 1862 President Lincoln signs act admitting West Virginia to Union 1862 President Lincoln orders hanging of 39 Santee Sioux indians 1862 Lincoln's Emancipation is published in Northern Newspapers 1862 President Lincoln, says he will free slaves in all states on Jan 1 1862 Lincoln receives 1st group of blacks to confer with U.S. president 1862 Lincoln appoints General Halleck general-in-chief 1862 Lincoln signs act granting land for state agricultural colleges 1862 Paper currency introduced in U.S. by President Abraham Lincoln 1862 Lincoln issues General War Order #1, calling for a Union offensive McClellan ignores order 1861 President Lincoln prohibits Union states from trading with Confederacy 1861 Lincoln writes to Kentucky's militia and says Union troops will not enter that state 1861 In a special session of 27th Congress Lincoln requests 400,000 troops 1861 Lincoln's cabinet declares Union government will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers 1861 Stephen A Douglas, "Little Giant", senator (Lincoln Debates), dies 1861 Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers and another 18,000 seamen 1861 President Lincoln ordered Federal Troops to evacuate Indian Territory 1861 President Abe Lincoln suspends writ of habeas corpus 1861 Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports (Civil War) 1861 U.S. president Lincoln outlaws business with confederate states 1861 Federal army (75,000 volunteers) mobilized by President Lincoln 1861 Lincoln's inaugurated as 16th president 1861 President Lincoln opens Government Printing Office 1861 President-elect Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington D.C. to take office 1861 On a bet Edward Weston leaves Boston to walk to Lincoln's inauguration 1861 Abraham Lincoln declared president 1861 President-elect Lincoln takes train from Spingfield Illinois to Washington D.C. 1860 Abraham Lincoln, born in Kentucky, Representative-R-Illinois 1847 - 1849, elected 16th president 1861 - 1865 1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard 1860 Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president 1858 Lincoln makes a speech about when you can fool people 1858 Abraham Lincoln says "A house divided against itself cannot stand" 1854 Lincoln University founded as Ashmun Institute 1854 Abraham Lincoln made his 1st political speech at Illinois State Fair 1854 Lincoln University, Penn, 1st Black college in U.S. forms by Prebyts 1854 Lincoln University, a black college, chartered (Oxford, Penn) 1851 John Lincoln Clem, Drummer Union volunteers 1849 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln 1849 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time" 1849 Abraham Lincoln patents a buoying device 1849 Abraham Lincoln applies for a patent; only U.S. president to do so 1844 Mary Johnson Lincoln, educator, Boston Cooking School 1843 Robert Todd Lincoln, Captain Union volunteers 1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Illinois 1838 John Wilkes Booth, actor/assassin, President Lincoln 1835 Ann Rutledge, said to be Lincoln's true love, dies in Illinois at 22 1832 John George Nicolay, U.S., author, Abe Lincoln's biographer 1831 Benjamin Hardin Helm, Brigadier General, Confederate, Lincoln's brother-in-law 1818 Mary Todd Lincoln, 1st lady, 1861-65 1813 Stephen Arnold Douglas, Little giant, U.S. senator, Lincoln debates 1809 Abraham Lincoln, Kentucky, R, 16th President, 1861 - 1865 1663 Robert Sanderson, Bishop of Lincoln (1660-63), dies 1563 William Byrd is appointed organist at Lincoln Cathedral 1141 Battle at Lincoln: King Stephen captured 1092 Lincoln Cathedral consecrated |
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