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History Lesson >> > >> >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. >> > >> >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 hang on to your seat. >> > >> >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 assassinated before their trials. >> > >> >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?