
Lincoln was elected President
in 1860, while Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Lincoln's successor - Andrew
Johnson - was born in 1808, while Kennedy's successor - Lyndon Johnson
- was born in 1908.
Lincoln's killer - John
Wilkes Booth - was born in 1839, while Kennedy's killer - Lee Harvey Oswald
- was born in 1939.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy
each contain seven letters.
Lincoln's secretary was
called Kennedy, while Kennedy's secretary was called Lincoln.
Lincoln's and Kennedy's
successors both had the surname Johnson.
The names Andrew Johnson
and Lyndon Johnson each contain thirteen letters.
The names John Wilkes Booth
and Lee Harvey Oswald each contain fifteen letters.
Lincoln and Kennedy were
both killed on a Friday.
Both were killed in the
presence of their wives.
Both were shot from behind
and in the head.
Booth shot Lincoln in a
theatre and hid in a warehouse, while Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse
and hid in a theatre.
Lincoln was shot at a theatre
named 'Ford', Kennedy was shot in a car named 'Lincoln,' made by 'Ford'.
Both assassins were killed
before being brought to trial.
Lincoln and Kennedy were
both directly concerned with Civil Rights.
Booth and Oswald were both
Southerners favouring unpopular ideas.
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 wives lost their children
while living in the White House.
Both were succeeded by Southerens.
Both successors were named
Johnson.
Both assassins were known
by their three names.
Both names compromise fifteen
letters.
John Wilkes Booth's brother once save the life
of Abe Lincoln's son - Robert Todd Lincoln (son of U.S. President Abraham
Lincoln) Edwin Booth, brother of man who
assassinated President Lincoln, rescued this Lincoln from a train accident.
A week before Lincoln was shot,
he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he
was with Marilyn Monroe.
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