John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F.
Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven
letters.
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 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.
Both successors were 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
full names.
Both names comprise fifteen letters.
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in
a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were
both assassinated before their trials.
And, the most recent fact noted ...
A week before
Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn
Monroe.
lame
Seems there was a 45 rpm sigle about this from 1966 called History Repeats Itself by Buddy Starcher.
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