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Lincoln & John F. Kennedy
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Mystery or Coincidence
Abe Lincoln was elected to
Congress in 1846.
JFK was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abe was elected President in
1860.
JFK was elected President in 1960.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy
each contain seven letters.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both their wives lost their children while living in the House.
Both Presidents were shot on
a Friday.
Both were shot in the head.
Both were in the presence of their wives.
The Secretary of each President warned them not to go to the theatre and
Dallas, respectively.
Lincoln's Secretary was named
Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
Both were assassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Both successors were named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded
Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated
Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by
their three names.
Both names have 15 letters.
Booth ran from the theatre
and was captured in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from the warehouse and was captured in a theatre.
To cap it all off, Booth and Oswald were assassinated before trial.
Mystery or statistical coincidence?
Author:
Unknown
Received: May 1996