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This November marks the 50th anniversary of John F. Kennedy's assassination. It's strange how people can remember exactly where they were when a tragedy took place. I [Tim] remember sitting in Louise Strange's first grade classroom. I will never forget Principal Richard Green coming in to our classroom to tell us about this tragedy. Caroline Kennedy and I both turned six years old that November.
Now, let's take a look at some really strange coincidences between the assassination of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy (JFK).
- Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846 and Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946
- Lincoln was elected President in 1860 and Kennedy was elected President in 1960
- Lincoln's successor, Andrew Johnson, was born in 1808; Kennedy's successor, Lyndon Johnson, was was born in 1908
- Lincoln's killer, John Wilkes Booth, was born in 1839; Kennedy's killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, was born in 1939
- The names "Lincoln" and "Kennedy" both contain seven letters
- The names "Andrew Johnson" and "Lyndon Johnson" each contain 13 letters and have the same surname
- The names "John Wilkes Booth" and "Lee Harvey Oswald" each contain 15 letters
- Lincoln's Secretary was called "Kennedy" and Kennedy's Secretary was called "Lincoln"
- Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and hid in a warehouse, while Oswald shoot Kennedy from a warehouse and hid in a theater
- Lincoln and Kennedy were both killed on a Friday
- Both were killed in the presence of their wives
- Both were shot in the head
- Both assassins were killed before being brought to trial
- Lincoln and Kennedy were both supporters of Civil Rights
- Booth and Oswald were both southerners who favored alternative ideas
- Lincoln and Kennedy both lost a son in office: Willie Lincoln in 1862 and Patrick Kennedy in 1963
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Did you know that November marks the one year anniversary of Tim's column?
Stay tuned for next month's edition...
Is there any truth to the contention that Lincoln was in Monroe, Maryland one week before his assassination and Kennedy was with Marylin Monroe one week before his assassination? These similarities you identify are all somewhat eerie -- history does in fact echo the past at times, but this is unreal. I was in the 7th grade in Billings, Mt. and we had just seen JFK three weeks prior, along Rimrock Hwy.
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