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The day he was born.
Abraham Lincoln is born in a one-room log cabin on Nolin Creek in Kentucky. -
Kills turkey but feels bad and never hunts again.
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Nancy Hanks Lincoln (his mother) dies of "milk sickness."
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Work and School during Fall and Winter.
He does plowing and planting and work-for-hire for neighbors. -
Moves away from his father and starts getting involved in local debates.
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Abe proposes but is turned down by Mary Owens.
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Abraham Lincoln is elected to the U.S. House of Representatives.
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He recieves a patent on a new stemaboat.
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Lincoln's father dies.
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Abraham Lincoln is nominated to be the Republican candidate for President of the United States.
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The President's son Willie dies at age 11.
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Abraham Lincoln is nominated for a second term as president.
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John Wilkes Booth shoots the President in the head.
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