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Two US Presidents who were assassinated were Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy.

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 Presidents were shot on a Friday
Both Presidents were shot in the head

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

Lincoln was shot at the theatre named “Ford”
Kennedy was shot in a car called “Lincoln” made by “Ford”

Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theatre

Both assassins were themselves assassinated before their trials.


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Now come on, admit it. You just made that up because you have nothing better to do.

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Originally posted by Sicilian Sausage
Now come on, admit it. You just made that up because you have nothing better to do.
Check it out!

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Originally posted by Pianoman1
Check it out!
Make me!

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Teh Skullz n Bonez

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Originally posted by Pianoman1
Two US Presidents who were assassinated were Abraham Lincoln and John Kennedy.

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 Presidents were shot on a Friday
Both Presidents were shot in the head
...[text shortened]... in a theatre

Both assassins were themselves assassinated before their trials.


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look up this:
http://urbanlegends.about.com/od/historical/a/lincoln_kennedy.htm

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Thought this old chestnut was long gone.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/lincoln-kennedy.asp

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Originally posted by ChessPraxis
Teh Skullz n Bonez
Nah. Kennedy went to the other law school, Lincoln was self-educated. Although both were members of the Nov. Ord. Secl., of course.

Richard

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Originally posted by Kewpie
Thought this old chestnut was long gone.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/lincoln-kennedy.asp
actually that was the thing I had looked for, well done Kewpie.

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Snopes is one of my favourite sites, it's so good at bringing these stories down to earth. Even the moon landing conspiracy. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/moonhoax.asp

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Originally posted by Kewpie
Snopes is one of my favourite sites, it's so good at bringing these stories down to earth. Even the moon landing conspiracy. http://www.snopes.com/inboxer/hoaxes/moonhoax.asp
Well, yeah. But... http://xkcd.com/250/

Richard

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Originally posted by Kewpie
Thought this old chestnut was long gone.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/lincoln-kennedy.asp
This article still doesn't deny most of the facts above. It just goes to great lengths to explain that they are not that amazing. individually they are not that amazing, but lumped together it still makes for an interesting read even though it does have a couple of inaccuracies in them.

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Cool story!!

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The facts are interesting. Nothing more, nothing less. No conspiracy theory, no hocus pocus. Just bizarre. Random coincidence.