32. Bill To Establish Secret Service Hit The Desk The Night Lincoln Died
Actor John Wilkes Booth assassinated the President of the United States of America, Abraham Lincoln on April 14, 1865. Lincoln had gone with his wife, Mary, and another couple to see the play “Our American Cousin” at Ford’s Theater. Lincoln’s bodyguard was off for the night and Booth was able to walk right up to Lincoln and shoot him in the head. On that same night, the bill to create a secret service to protect the president from such acts had made its way to the desk for approval.