Interesting Connections Between JFK and Lincoln
President John F. Kennedy was assasinated On November 22nd, 1963. And every
year we get requests to list the amazing
coincidences surrounding the Kennedy assassination and the assassination of
Abraham Lincoln. They really are amazing.
Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. Kennedy was elected to
Congress in 1946. Lincoln was elected President
in 1860. Kennedy was elected in 1960. 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 Harvy Oswald,
who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939. The name Lee Harvey Oswald
contains 15 letters. The name John Wilkes Booth
contains 15 letters. The name Lincoln contains 7 letters. The name Kennedy
contains 7 letters. Booth shot Lincoln in the theatre
and fled to a warehouse. Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a
theatre. Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Both were sitting beside their wives when they were shot. Both were killed
on a Friday. Lincoln's secretary, named Kennedy,
warned him not to go to the theatre. Kennedy's secretary, named Lincoln,
warned him not to go to Dallas. Lincoln was shot and
died in the Ford Theatre. Kennedy was shot and killed in a Ford automobiles.
And that automobile... was a Lincoln.