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List of coincidences between the assasinations of President Lincoln and Kennedy

I’m doing a little research on a completely unrelated topic, but I thought this was just weird. The following has been ripped from the Wikipedia page, but I thought I’d share it just to show you how people think too long, and too hard, about many things. Here are the highlights.

• Both presidents were elected to the presidency in ‘60.
• Both presidents were elected to the House of Representatives in ‘46.
• Both were runners-up for the party’s nomination for vice-president in ‘56.
• Both presidents’ assassins were born in ‘39.
• Both successors were Southern Democrats named Johnson born in ‘08.
• Both presidents were shot in the head.
• Both presidents were shot on a Friday.
• Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre. Kennedy was shot in a Ford car; a Lincoln limousine.
• Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to the theatre. Kennedy had a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln (whose husband Harold’s nickname was Abe), and she warned him not to go to Dallas.
• Both Oswald and Booth were assassinated before they could be put on trial.
• Lincoln and Kennedy each have 7 letters.
• John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each have 15 letters.
• There are 6 letters in each Johnson’s first name.
• Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and hid in a warehouse, while Oswald shot Kennedy in a warehouse and hid in a theatre.

Ok, so its a light day - and I had nothing else to post. Sue me.

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