Lincoln-Kennedy Coincidences
You've probably seen this list before, and it is pretty freaky...
- Both Lincoln and Kennedy were concerned with Civil Rights.
- Lincoln was elected president in 1860; Kennedy in 1960.
- Both were slain on a Friday and in the presence of their wives.
- Both were shot from behind and in the head.
- Their successors, both named Johnson, were southern Democrats, and both were in the Senate.
- Andrew Johnson was born in 1808 and Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908.
- John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839 and Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.
- Booth and Oswald were southerners favoring unpopular ideas.
- Both Presidents' wives lost children through death while in the White House.
- Lincoln's secretary, whose name was Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theater.
- Kennedy's secretary, whose name was Lincoln, advised him no to go to Dallas.
- John Wilkes Booth shot Lincoln, in a theater and ran to a warehouse.
- Lee Harvey Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and ran to a theater.
- The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
- The names Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson each contain thirteen letters.
- The names John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each contain fifteen letters.
- Both assassins were killed before being brought to trial.
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