February 02, 2008
Similarities Between Assassinations of Lincoln and Kennedy
I was discussing this the other day and I thought it was weird how everything is so close. However, anyone can put two people together and find coincidences between them.
I’m not saying this is a conspiracy, but it is really interesting.
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Lincoln |
Kennedy |
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Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 |
Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946 |
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He was elected President in 1860 |
He was elected President in 1960 |
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His wife lost a child while living in the White House |
His wife lost a child while living in the White House |
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He was directly concerned with Civil Rights |
He was directly concerned with Civil Rights |
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Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him |
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln who told him |
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Lincoln was shot in the back of the head in the |
Kennedy was shot in the back of the head in the |
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Lincoln shot in the Ford Theatre |
Kennedy shot in a Lincoln, made by Ford |
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He was shot on a Friday |
He was shot on a Friday |
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The assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was known by three |
The assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was known by three |
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Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse |
Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a |
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Booth was killed before being brought to trial |
Oswald was killed before being brought to trial |
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There were theories that Booth was part of a greater conspiracy |
There were theories that Oswald was part of a greater conspiracy |
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Lincoln’s successor was Andrew Johnson, born in 1808 |
Kennedy’s successor was Lyndon Johnson, born in 1908 |
*1 Note: It is an urban myth that Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy. There is no record of that.
**2 Note: There is no record whether or not Kennedy’s secretary warned him.
