10 Mysterious Lincoln and Kennedy Connections
by There are many mysterious links between these two U.S. presidents.
- Both Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy were assassinated on Fridays with their wives present.
- Lincoln was elected president in 1860, Kennedy in 1960.
- Each wife, while living at the White House, had lost a son.
- Lincoln and Kennedy each have 7 letters in their last names.
- Both assassins were killed before they could be brought to trial.
- Lincoln was shot and killed in Ford’s Theater. Kennedy died while riding in a Ford Lincoln convertible.
- Lincoln and Kennedy were each followed by their vice-presidents, men named Johnson in both cases.
- Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was born in 1839. Kennedy’s killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, was born in 1939.
- The first name of Lincoln’s private secretary was John. The last name of Kennedy’s private secretary was Lincoln.
- Both presidents were slain by a bullet shot to the head from behind.
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Post CommentInna Tysoe
On June 8, 2009 at 9:10 pm
That was a fun read but I think you meant to say that “Kennedy’s killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, was born in” 1939 not “Kennedy’s killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, was born in 1839.”
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Inna