Abraham
Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
JFK was
elected to congress in 1946.
Abraham
Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
JFK was
elected President in 1960.
Both were
particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives
lost their children while living in the White House.
Lincoln’s
secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy’s
secretary was named Lincoln.
Both
Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both
Presidents were shot in the head.
Both were
assassinated by Southerners.
Both were
succeeded by Southerners 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
are composed of fifteen letters.
Booth and
Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
Lincoln was
shot at the theatre named “Ford”.
JFK was shot
in a car called “Lincoln”, made by “Ford”.
A week
before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week
before JFK was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.[1]
[1] ‘Abraham
Lincoln – John F. Kennedy, Some Interesting Coincidences’, Σπουδάγματα, Τεύχος 11, Πάσχα 2004, p. 84
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