Lincoln And Kennedy
Not long after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, the list below of amazing coincidences appeared, and it has been
widely and continuously reprinted and circulated ever since. Despite the seemingly impressive surface appearance, several of these
entries are either misleading or factually incorrect, and the rest are mere superficial coincidences that fail to touch upon the
substantial differences and dissimilarities that underlie them.
- Lincoln was elected President in 1860; Kennedy in 1960.
- Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846; Kennedy in 1946.
- Both Lincoln and Kennedy were particularlyconcerned with Civil Rights.
- Both wives lost a chile while living in the White House.
- Both were slain on a Friday and in the presence of their wives.
- Both were shot from behind and in the head.
- Their succesors, both named Johnson, were southern Democrats, and both were in the Senate.
- Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808 and Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
- John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839 and Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
- Both assassins were known by their three names.
- The names John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each contain fifteen letters.
- Booth and Oswald were southerners favoring unpopular ideas.
- Lincoln's secretary, whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theatre.
- Kennedy's secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him not to go to Dallas.
- John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and ran to a warehouse.
- Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and ran to a theatre.
- The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
- The names Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson each contain thirteen letters.
- Both assassins were killed before being brought to trial.
- Both Johnsons were opposed for re-election by men whose names start with "G."
- A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland. A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
- Lincoln was killed in Ford's Theater. Kennedy met his death while riding in a Lincoln convertible made by the Ford Motor Company.
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