LincolnVsJF

Linc0ln vs. JFK

Here's a little part 0f US history which makes you go h-m-m-m-m-m:

Abraham Linc0ln was elected to Congress in 1846.
J0hn F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Linc0ln was elected President in 1860.
J0hn F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.

The names Linc0ln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

B0th were particularly concerned with civil rights.

B0th wives lost their children while living in the White House.

B0th Presidents were shot on a Friday.

B0th Presidents were shot in the head.

Linc0ln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's secretary was named Linc0ln.

B0th were assassinated by Southerners.

B0th were succeeded by Southerners.

B0th successors were named Johnson.

Andrew J0hnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lynd0n Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.

J0hn Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald, wh0 assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

B0th assassins were known by their three names.

B0th names are comprised of fifteen letters.

Linc0ln was shot at the theater named 'Kennedy'.
Kennedy was sh0t in a car called 'Lincoln'.

B0oth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran fr0m a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

B0oth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the kicker...:
A week bef0re Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week bef0re Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.

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