A String of Coincidences

• Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. J.F. Kennedy was elected in 1960.

• The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

• Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

• Both wives lost a child while living in the White House.

• 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.

• Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.

• Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.

• Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1839.

• Lee Harvey Oswald who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

• Both assassins were known by their three names.

• Lincoln was shot at a theatre named "Kennedy".

• Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln"

• Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse.

• Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theatre.

• Booth and Oswald were assassinated before trials.

• A week before Lincoln was shot: he was in Monroe, Maryland.

• A week before Kennedy was shot he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Creepy, huh?

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