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Weird HistoryJohn F. Kennedy
andAbe Lincoln
Elected to Congress
Lincoln-1846
Election to Congress
Lincoln-1846 Kennedy-1946
Elected President
Elected President
Lincoln
1860
Elected President
Lincoln
1860
Kennedy
1960
Both had wives that lost children while in the
White House
Both very concerned about Civil Rights
Warnings
Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy and she warned him not to go to the theater.
Warnings
Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy and she warned him not to go to the theater.
Kennedy’s secretary was named Lincoln and she warned him not to go to Dallas.
Both shot in the head in the
presence of their wives.
Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theater
Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theater
Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln, which is made by Ford Motor Company.
Both were shot on a Friday
Time for a “little” math
• John Wilkes Booth killed President Lincoln
• 3 names• 15 total letters
Time for a “little” math
• John Wilkes Booth killed President Lincoln
• 3 names• 15 total letters
• Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy
• 3 names• __ total letters
Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse.
Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse.
Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater.
Booth was killed before going to trial.
Booth was killed before going to trial.
Oswald was killed before going to trial.
Vice Presidents become the PresidentLincoln replaced by Andrew Johnson, born in 1808.
Vice Presidents become the PresidentLincoln replaced by Andrew Johnson, born in 1808.
Kennedy replaced by Lyndon Johnson, born in 1908.
Facts are often stranger than
fiction!!!!