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First of all, Rep+ to the author of this thread.
just wanted to add a bit more.
*Both presidents were elected to the presidency in '60.
*Both presidents were elected to the House of Representatives in '46.
*Both were runners-up for the party's nomination for vice-president in '56.
*Both their respective Vice Presidents/successors were Southern Democrats named Johnson born in '08.
*Both presidents were concerned with the problems of black Americans and made their views strongly known in '63. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, which became law in 1863. In 1963, Kennedy presented his reports to Congress on Civil Rights, and the same year was the famous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
*Both presidents were shot in the head.
*Both presidents were shot from behind.
*Both presidents were shot in presence of their wives.
*Both presidents were shot on a Friday.
*Both presidents were accompanied by another couple.
*The male companion of the other couple was wounded by the assassin.
*Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre. Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln automobile, made by Ford.
*Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to the theatre. Kennedy had a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln (who was born 100 years after Lincoln, and whose husband Harold's nickname was Abe) who warned him not to go to Dallas.
*Both John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were killed before they could be put on trial.
*Both presidents' last names have 7 letters.
*Both presidents have five syllables in their full name (which counts Kennedy's middle initial).
*There are 6 letters in each Johnson's first name.
*Booth ran from a theatre to a warehouse, Oswald ran from a warehouse to a theatre.
Some of the items above are true, such as the year in which Lincoln and Kennedy were each elected President, but this is not so unusual given that Presidential elections are held only every four years, and both started their political careers 100 years apart. Other items twist the truth. Some of the items are simply untrue; there is no record to show that Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy; Lincoln's secretaries were John Hay and John G. Nicolay. The list has inspired humorous parody, such as an item that says: "Before being killed, Lincoln was in Monroe, Maryland, while Kennedy was in Marilyn Monroe."
Source - Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln–Kennedy_coincidences_urban_legend
