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Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
Abraham Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809. He married Mary Todd. He died on April 15, 1865 at 56 years old.
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Abraham Lincoln died on April 15, 1865 at 56 years of age. He was born on February 12, 1809. He married Mary Todd.
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In 1809, in the year that Abraham Lincoln was born, on December 30th, Boston Massachusetts banned the wearing of masks at balls. Boston was following many other places - including England - by banning masked balls, which were considered to contribute to loose morals. After all, with masks, you couldn't tell the class of the person or even their gender! The law was extended in 1849 and repealed in 1963.
In 1822, Abraham was only 13 years old when was the year that coffee was no longer banned in Sweden. Originally used as a religious drink in Arabia more than 1100 years ago, coffee was banned in many European countries until the 18th century.
In 1843, when he was 34 years old, on May 22nd, an estimated 700 to 1,000 pioneers set out from Missouri on the Oregon Trail. Called "The Great Migration of 1843", the wagon train often had to build roads or float down rivers.
In 1851, he was 42 years old when from May through August, the Midwest was hit with record rain, causing the Great Flood of 1851. Iowa was hardest hit - the town of Des Moines was flooded and mostly destroyed. Many rainfall records held for over 160 years.
In 1865, in the year of Abraham Lincoln's passing, on March 4th, President Abraham Lincoln was sworn in for a second term. A little over a month later, he would be assassinated by a Confederate sympathizer - 4 days after the surrender of Lee at Appomattox, which had effectively ended the Civil War.
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