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Bradley Cooper's Oscar drought continues. The star missed out on Best Actor for the tenth time - making him one of the Oscar's most nominated people without a win

Mary Surratt was the first woman executed by the US government when she was hanged in 1865 after being found guilty of being a conspirator in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was shot as he watched a play and within days his killer was caught - but all these years later new evidence has emerged that John Wilkes Boot may not have been the wanted man

Historic front-row tickets which would have witnessed the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln are set to go up for auction and are expected to fetch £80,000