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Creation Date
7-2-1881
Description
Herald-Enterprise Extra (Russellville, KY) newspaper clipping announcing the assassination of President James A. Garfield. The announcement, written on July 2, the day of the assassination, falsely reports that Garfield died at 6 P.M. that same day. This is incorrect -- the president lived until September 19, 1881. In addition, the last name of the assassin, Charles J. Guiteau, is misspelled as "Getteau."
Keywords
Assassinations