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COINCIDENCE?
Both Lincoln and
Kennedy were concerned with Civil Rights.
Lincoln was
elected in 1860; Kennedy was elected 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; Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth
was born in 1839; Lee Harvey Oswald in 1939.
Booth and Oswald
were Southerners teaching unpopular ideas.
Both men had wives
who lost children through death while in the White House.
Lincoln's
Secretary named Kennedy, advised him not to go to the theatre.
Kennedy's
Secretary, named Lincoln, advised him not to go to Dallas.
John Wilkes Booth
shot Lincoln in a theatre and ran to a warehouse.
Lee Harvey Oswald
shot Kennedy from a warehouse and ran to a theatre.
The names Lincoln
and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
The names Andrew
Johnson and Lyndon Johnson each contain 13 letters.
The names John
Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each contain 15 letters.
Both assassins
were killed before being brought to trial.
Both Johnson's
were opposed for reelection by men whose name starts with "G".
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