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flak monkey - 25/6/07 at 05:16 PM

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 a child while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

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.

Now how about this?

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

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse. Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater.

And here's the "kicker":

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

Creepy, huh?


gazza285 - 25/6/07 at 06:21 PM

He was with Marilyn Monroe? What did he do, dig her up?

Snopes


JoelP - 25/6/07 at 09:03 PM

well that puts that one to rest


Peteff - 25/6/07 at 10:15 PM

Assassins always have 3 names. Lee Harvey Oswald, John Wilkes Booth and Mark David Chapman for example and serial killers have two, like Ted Bundy, Fred West and Richard Ramirez. ( Conspiracy Theory, Mel Gibson's character Jerry Fletcher noticed this )


davie h - 25/6/07 at 11:47 PM

ah yes but did Lee Harvey Oswald really kill JFK or is that another Conspiracy???