This never fails to amaze me
The Coincidences between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy
- Lincoln was elected in 1860, Kennedy in 1960, 100 years apart
- Both men were deeply involved in civil rights for African Americans.
- Both men were assassinated on a Friday, in the presence of
their wives. - Each wife had lost a child while living at the White House.
- Both men were killed by a bullet that entered the head from behind.
- Lincoln was killed in Ford's Theater. Kennedy met his death while
riding in a Lincoln convertible made by the Ford Motor Company. - Both men were succeeded by vice-presidents named Johnson who were
southern Democrats and former senators. - Andrew Johnson was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908,
exactly one hundred years later. - The first name of Lincoln's private secretary was John, the last
name of Kennedy's private secretary was Lincoln. - John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839 [according to some sources] Lee
Harvey Oswald was born in 1939, one hundred years later. - Both assassins were Southerners who held extremist views.
- Both assassins were murdered before they could be brought to trial.
- Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse. Oswald
shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater. - LlNCOLN and KENNEDY each has 7 letters.
- ANDREW JOHNSON and LYNDON JOHNSON each has 13 letters.
- JOHN WlLKES BOOTH and LEE HARVEY OSWALD each has 15 letters.
- A Lincoln staffer Miss Kennedy told him not to go to the Theater. A Kennedy
staffer Miss Lincoln, told him not to go to Dallas.
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