Thursday, December 3, 2009

lincoln and kennedy. parallel lives?

came upon this somewhere...

-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.
-Both were politically concerned with civil rights.
-Both first ladies were widowed 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.
-Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
-Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
-John Wilkes Boothe, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
-Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
-Both assassins were known by their full three names.
-Both names are composed of 15 letters.
-Lincoln was shot in a theatre named "Ford."
-Kennedy was shot in a car known as the "Lincoln" made by "Ford."
-Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin hid in a warehouse.
-Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin hid in a theatre.
-Booth and Oswald were both assassinated before their trials.
-A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
-A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

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