Lincoln and Kennedy

[Avinash]

I got this as email.

 

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 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.

 

Now hang on to your seat.

 

Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford".

Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford".

 

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.

 

AND.....................:

 

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...

[Gauracandra]

A few days ago I saw a documentary on the Lincoln assassination. I thought it was weird on one account. I didn't make all the connections listed in your post, but here is one that you didn't list.

 

Lincoln was assassinated. Orders went out to capture the assassin alive. John Wilkes Booth is surrounded and is killed despite the direct orders to take him alive. No one could interrogate him (he died within 3 hours).

 

Now with the Kennedy assassination, they capture Lee Harvey Oswald, and Jack Ruby kills Oswald before they could fully interrogate him.

 

I thought that was weird myself. But now all the points you listed make it very very weird.

[Gauracandra]

I decided to look this up and it seems most are accurate. One urban legends website tries to debunk them, but in my opinion does a very poor job. Basically they just say "its a coincidence". There are a few factual errors however. For instance, the Marily Monroe (apparently she had died one year prior to JFKs assassination). And this site said John Wilkes Booth was actually born in 1838. But for the most part the site couldn't really debunk these similarities except to say they were superficial. Individually they might be superficial, but together they are pretty interesting. They'd have a stronger case if they could randomly pick 2 presidents and make as many superficial connections. It might be possible, I don't know. Still, it is kind of creepy.