-Nuggets of History on Abraham Lincolin – John F. Kennedy: Coincidence?

 
 
 
 
 
 
Did You ever know that:
– Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. While 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 shot in the back of the head in the presence of their wives.
– Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
– Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
– Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy.
– 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.
– Lincoln was shot in the Ford Theatre. Kennedy was shot in a 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.