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From: MSN NicknameLifeIsJoyous  (Original Message)Sent: 6/25/2008 7:39 PM

A HISTORY MYSTERY
 
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
 
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 Johnon, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908
 
John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kenndy, was born in 1939
 
Both assassins were known by their three names
Both names are composed of fifteen letters
 
Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford"
Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" and 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
 
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe