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

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.

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Yup pretty much! And can be verified with other sites as well.
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535822 tn?1443976780
Is snopes always correct ?
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Good ole snopes, yep I should have checked it, lol, good example of what floats around in email being a hoax! Thanks for clearing that up.
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Snopes.com, alas, isn't all that enthusiastic about the significance of the coincidences (nor do they agree on some of the dates). And apparently Lincoln didn't have a secretary named Kennedy.
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874521 tn?1424116797
kinda gives you the willies doesn't it??
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277836 tn?1359666174
Makes a great bed time story.... Thats about it..
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Mind boggeling for sure. Wow-History is a mystery sometimes! Thanks for that-I will share it with my students.
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186166 tn?1385259382
i've seen this before...strangest damned thing i've ever read ! !
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