Vaguely Interesting Snippets | 30 April 2014 President Lincoln established the US Secret Service on the same day that he was assassinated Sometimes history throws up some decidedly pointed ironies. On 14 April 1865, President Lincoln signed the legislation that created the United States Secret Service. The same evening, he made his way to Ford’s Theatre for his fateful and tragic encounter with his assassin, John Wilkes Booth. The derogatory […]
