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| Missdirection |
on Sun 13 Sep 09, 2:33 PM to Missdirection's blog.
You have probably seen this before but I find these facts amazing:
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Both Presidents were shot in the head.
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 are comprised of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford's". Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln - made by Ford Motor Co".
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Both John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
| 13 Sep 09, 2:45 PM CookieMonster UK, 6 yrs |
I remember seeing this years ago and remember someone going to the effort to check and found 3 were false. I think one was Lincoln was shot in the back. | ||||
| 14 Sep 09, 3:32 PM bohnanza UK(FK), 12 yrs |
As presidential elections happen every four years the date coincidence isn't that surprising, however Lincoln was reelected in 1864, Kennedy never stood for reelection.
John has 4 letters and Abraham 7. Kennedy has a middle name of Fitzgerald, Lincoln didn't have a middle name.
Lincoln never had a secretary called Kennedy, they were John G Nicolay and John Hay.
Northern presidents almost always have southern vice presidents and vice versa. George W Bush, Texas had Dick Cheney, Wyoming. Barack Obama, Chicago, has Joe Biden, Delaware, as his vice president. Delaware and Maryland, where John Wilkes Booth was born is considered a southern state. http://www.snopes.com/history/american/lincoln-k... Science, the only religion that works even if you don't believe in it. |
