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	Lincoln - Kennedy Coincidences
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1) Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
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2) Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
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3) Both men were deeply involved in civil rights for African Americans.
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4) Both men were assassinated on a Friday, in the presence of their wives.
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5) Each wife had lost a child while living at the White House.
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6) Both men were killed by a bullet that entered the head from behind.
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7) Lincoln was killed in Ford's Theater. Kennedy met his death while riding in a Lincoln convertible made by the Ford Motor Company.
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8) Both men were succeeded by vice-presidents named Johnson who were southern Democrats and former senators.
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9) Andrew Johnson was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908, exactly one hundred years later.
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10) Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
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11) John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839 [according to some sources] Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939, one hundred years later. A

John Wilkes Booth .........................................Lee Harvey Oswald
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12) Both assassins were known by their three names.
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13) Both assassins were Southerners who held extremist views.
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14) Both assassins were murdered before they could be brought to trial.
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15) Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse. Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater.
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16) LlNCOLN and KENNEDY each has 7 letters.
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17) ANDREW JOHNSON and LYNDON JOHNSON each has 13 letters.
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18) JOHN WlLKES BOOTH and LEE HARVEY OSWALD each has 15 letters.
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19) A Licoln staffer Miss Kennedy told him not to go to the Theater. A Kennedy staffer Miss Lincoln, told him not to go to Dallas.
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20) Lincoln and Kennedy both died of Lou Gehrig's Disease, not from being shot, as is commonly believed. Both Presidents were assassinated (died of Lou Gehrig's Disease) the same day: