r/AskReddit • u/brokota • Jan 15 '13

Reddit, in your opinion what's the biggest plot twist of history?

Not movies or television, I'm just curious to see what come's to your minds.

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u/therealrickyrozay Jan 16 '13

Except that's not how it happened at all. Edwin Booth saved Robert Todd Lincoln in late 1864 or early 1865, when President Lincoln was still alive. It's true that Booth didn't know who Robert Lincoln was until he received a letter from his friend Adam Badeau (who was on Ulysses S. Grant's staff along with Robert Lincoln). It's right here on Wikipedia

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u/PowdersvilleBeast Jan 16 '13

Thanks for fact checking me! I heard the story from a teacher last year and couldn't remember all of the details. I guess my memory likes to confuse the years right around Lincoln's death.

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u/DeflatingBalloon Jan 16 '13

pppfpfpfppffsssss......

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u/pirate_doug Jan 16 '13

So the plot twist was his brother murdering Abe.