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, Lt Cmdr 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, Rep-R-Florida
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
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
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 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, Minn Orch 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 Earl of Lincoln
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, 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
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, Cleve, 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 President Lincoln shot by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theater
1865 Abraham Lincoln, at 7:22 am, assassinated by John Wilkes Booth
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 milt service
1864 George Lincoln Prescott, U.S. Union brig-gen, 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 Lincoln appoints Isaac Newton sec of agriculture-no kidding!
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 (Rep-R-Ill) elected 16th pres
1860 11-year-old Grace Bedell writes to Lincoln, tells him to grow a beard
1860 Republican Party nominates Abraham Lincoln for president
1860 Chicago: Republican convention selects Abraham Lincoln candidate
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, died in 1937
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, Capt Union volunteers, died in 1926
1842 Abraham Lincoln marries Mary Todd in Springfield, Ill
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, Brig General, Conf, /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, 1861-65
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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