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Feb 23rd, 2010 at 6:26pm

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Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.

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 particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their 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 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 composed of fifteen letters.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford'.
Kennedy was shot in a car called '  Lincoln ' made by 'Ford'.

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

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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Reply #1 - Feb 23rd, 2010 at 6:57pm

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Some of it is untrue. For example; Lincoln never had a secretary named Kennedy & Marilyn Monroe died over a year before JFK was assassinated.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/lincoln-kennedy.asp
 

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Reply #2 - Feb 23rd, 2010 at 7:54pm

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Note to self.. stop posting threads in history.  Wink
Marilyn Monroe may have died Aug 5 1962, but Miss Monroe was never born. She was Norma Jean Mortenson.
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Reply #3 - Feb 23rd, 2010 at 8:39pm

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Steve M wrote on Feb 23rd, 2010 at 6:26pm:
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

I didn't know this until I looked it up but it is still not correct.  It would be correct to say that both wives lost a child while living in the White House.

William Wallace Lincoln died on February 20, 1862.

Better known, the Kennedys had 3 children.  Only 2 of those are well known.

Patrick Bouvier Kennedy died on August 9, 1963, age 2 days.

John Kennedy, Jr. died on July 16, 1999, at age 38.  Every pilot knows that he lived well past his White House days.

Caroline Kennedy is still alive and well.
 
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Reply #4 - Feb 23rd, 2010 at 8:53pm

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Quote:
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.


John Wilkes Booth was born on May 10, 1838.

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Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.


Booth never hid in a warehouse (see above link).  He was killed inside of a barn.
 
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Reply #5 - Feb 25th, 2010 at 3:47pm

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The factual items are sheer coincidence.  And some of the other items, well, for example, a lot of people are known by all 3 of their names.
 
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Reply #6 - Feb 25th, 2010 at 7:12pm

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Apex wrote on Feb 25th, 2010 at 3:47pm:
The factual items are sheer coincidence.  And some of the other items, well, for example, a lot of people are known by all 3 of their names.
I'm not so well known by even one.


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Reply #7 - Feb 25th, 2010 at 8:40pm

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Apex wrote on Feb 25th, 2010 at 3:47pm:
The factual items are sheer coincidence.  And some of the other items, well, for example, a lot of people are known by all 3 of their names.

John Cougar Mellencamp
David Ben Gurion
Sarah Jessica Parker
George Lincoln Rockwell
George Roy Hill
Johann Sebastian Bach
Fritz The Cat
Martin Luther King
James Earl Jones
George Washington Carver
John Quincy Adams
 
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