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Two other people with similarities:
John F Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln
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>> > Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can
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>> > Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
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>> > John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
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>> > Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
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>> > John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
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>> > Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
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>> > Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
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>> > Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
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>> > Both Presidents were shot in the head.
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>> > Now it gets really weird.
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>> > Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
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>> > Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.
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>> > Both were assassinated by Southerners.
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>> > Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson.
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>> > Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
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>> > Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
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>> > John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
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>> > Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
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>> > Both assassins were known by their three names.
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>> > Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
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>> > Now hang on to your seat.
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>> > Lincoln was shot at the theatre named 'Ford.'
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>> > Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln' made by 'Ford.'
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>> > Lincoln was shot in a theatre and his assassin ran and
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>> > hid in a warehouse.
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>> > Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran
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>> > and hid in a theatre.
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>> > Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
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>> > And here's the kicker...
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>> > A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe,
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>> > Maryland
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>> > A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
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>> > Weird eh? Send this to as many people as you can,
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>> > because: this is one history lesson people don't mind reading.
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