Lincoln vs. Kennedy (interesting)

[ninjaxx]

Lincoln vs. Kennedy


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.

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 Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' 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.

And here's the kicker...

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

[UrMyStlkAl]

yeah I seen that before, pretty cool

[B.S. Motorsports]

Thats crazy!!!!Great find my friend great find!!

[ninjaxx]

thnks.. just sooo glad it wasnta repost! lol I seem to get nailed for those

[AliceInChains02]

very interesting

[UrMyStlkAl]

prolly not a repost on this forum cuz it's still fairly new but on any other one it would be repost x 293894732349 lol

[train460]

i also think it's pretty cool altho i have read somewhere that it is not entirely accurate, but cool anyway

[train460]

prolly not a repost on this forum cuz it's still fairly new but on any other one it would be repost x 293894732349 lol
have to disagree, seen it maybe 5 years ago

[PhilAnder]

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.
Fixed :icon_bigg

[SE_Ryder122]

i always like reading those facts. makes you wonder...

[gixr101]

he wasnt with marylin monroe a week before he was in her a week before:keke:

[gixr101]

dam phil beat me to it

[ninjaxx]

lol nice

[PhilAnder]

dam phil beat me to it
:icon_bigg
everyone was thinking it.

[Mike L]

thats crazy if its all tru but if not still makes you think:eek3: "Both names are composed of fifteen letters." who went up and counted to make sure:hello:

[fuknrobert]

ok enough, post nudies of said woman :-)

[JJO]

cool find, but......ever wonder who TF actually took the time to figure all this out?

[civicious]

Snopes page on it: http://www.snopes.com/history/american/linckenn.htm

It's hardly surprising that two men who (as noted above) both achieved their first political successes at the national level a hundred years apart would also ascend to the Presidency a hundred years apart. This "coincidence" is even less surprising when we consider that presidential elections are held only once every four years. Lincoln couldn't possibly have been elected President in 1857 or 1858 or 1859 or 1861 or 1862 or 1863, because no presidential elections were held in those years. Likewise, Kennedy couldn't possibly have been elected President in the non-election years of 1957, 1958, 1959, 1961, 1962, or 1963. So, even though both men were politically active at the national level during eight-year spans when they might have been elected President, circumstances dictated that the only years during those spans when they both could have been elected were exactly one hundred years apart.

We're supposed to be amazed at minor happenstances such as the two men's being elected exactly one hundred years apart or having the same number of letters in their last names, but we're supposed to think nothing of the numerous non-coincidences: Lincoln was born in 1809; Kennedy was born in 1917. Lincoln died in 1865; Kennedy died in 1963. Lincoln was 56 years old at the time of his death; Kennedy was 46 years old at the time of his death. No striking coincidences or convenient hundred-year differences in any of those facts. Even when we consider that, absent all other factors, the two men had a one in twelve chance of dying in the same month, we find no coincidence there: Lincoln was killed in April; Kennedy was killed in November.

Lincoln's secretary, Kennedy, warned him not to go to Ford's Theatre.
Kennedy's secretary, Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas.

This is one of those coincidences that isn't a coincidence at all -- it's simply wrong. John Kennedy did have a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln (who may or may not have warned him about going to Dallas), but one searches in vain to find a Lincoln secretary named Kennedy. (Lincoln's White House secretaries were John G. Nicolay and John Hay.)

John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.

Another coincidence that is no coincidence because it's plain wrong: Booth was born in 1838, not 1839.

[civicious]

he wasnt with marylin monroe a week before he was in her a week before:keke:

Marilyn Monroe died on August 5, 1962...and JFK died on November 22, 1963...

a little more than a week...

[shipwreck]

Lincoln vs. Kennedy

lincoln would have kicked kennedy's ass. but kennedy would have gotten more ass.

[EFmang]

you myspace whore... i just saw that on like 3 peoples bullitens...

[99BlackR1]

you lying!

[shipwreck]

you myspace whore... i just saw that on like 3 peoples bullitens...

i guess he isnt the only myspace whore