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Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.
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 were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.
Now it gets really weird.
<U1:CITY u3:st="on"><U1:PLACE u3:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</U1:PLACE></U1:CITY></st1:place></st1:City> 's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named <U1:CITY u3:st="on"><U1:PLACE u3:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</U1:PLACE></U1:CITY></st1:place></st1:City>.
Both wssassinated by Southerners.
Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
Andrew Johnson, who succeeded <U1:CITY u3:st="on"><U1:PLACE u3:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</U1:PLACE></U1:CITY></st1:place></st1:City>, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated <U1:CITY u3:st="on"><U1:PLACE u3:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</U1:PLACE></U1:CITY></st1:place><S1CT>, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
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Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Now hang on to your seat.
<U1:CITY u3:st="on"><U1:PLACE u3:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</U1:PLACE></U1:CITY></st1:place></st1:City> was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' <U1:CITY u3:st="on"><U1:PLACE u3:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</U1:PLACE></U1:CITY></st1:place></st1:City>' made by 'Ford.'
<U1:CITY u3:st="on"><U1:PLACE u3:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">Lincoln</U1:PLACE></U1:CITY></st1:place></st1:City> 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.
And here's the kicker...
A week before <U1:CITY u3:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Lincoln</U1:CITY></st1:City> was shot, he was in <U1:PLACE u3:st="on"><U1:CITY u3:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Monroe</U1:CITY></st1:City>, <U1:STATE u3:st="on"><st1:State w:st="on">Maryland</U1:STATE></U1:PLACE></st1:State></st1:place>
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
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