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Is this lesson in history worth a star?

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.

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.

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  • 1 decade ago
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    That's insane!...kinda creepy yeah? have a star...

  • 1 decade ago

    Yeah, but did you know that both Bill Clinton and John F Kennedy both got their head blown in the back seat of a car?

  • 1 decade ago

    the part about the secretaries is bs but if you want to make the story better the legend also goes that their respective secretaries told them not to go to the place where they got shot respectively

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    An oldie but a goodie. I gave it a star.

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  • stupid
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Old but is worth a star.

  • 1 decade ago

    ive heard it before but its still worth a star

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    This is not history......it is some piece of stuff you picked off the internet. It proves nothing and is only of interest to mental midgets who have nothing better to do.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yeah I've heard all of that be4 but it's kinda weird huh?

  • 1 decade ago

    i read sumthin like this but i never knew how close everything was. O.O

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    OMG, so many coincidences!

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