US Presidents – can anyone explain this?
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Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
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 Presidents 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 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 three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford'
Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.
Both Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials..
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
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 Presidents 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 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 three names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford'
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by 'Ford'
Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.
Both Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials..
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
Eric Mc said:
John Wilkes-Booth and Lee Harvey-Oswald both had hyphenated names, a rare occurence in the US.
However, it's all coincidence.
Conspiratorial people refuse to accept the idea that random coincidences sometimes happen, even highly improbable ones.
No, the names weren't hyphenated. In the case of Oswald, the middle name was used to identify him by the police, because he used aliases.
snopes said:
Both assassins were known by their three names.
Another "coincidence" of dubious veracity. John Wilkes Booth was often billed as "J. Wilkes Booth" or simply "John Wilkes" (primarily to distinguish himself from his father and brother -- both named Junius -- and his brother Edwin, all three of whom were also actors), and as a prominent actor, his name was already familiar to the general public at the time of Lincoln's assassination. Lee Oswald was generally referred to as "Lee" (not "Lee Harvey"before Kennedy's assassination and was unknown to the general public until his arrest; the common usage of his full name only came about after the assassination because his habitual employment of false names (including several variations on his real name) and his possession of forged identification cards made it difficult for the Dallas police to identify him.
As someone else said, its a coincidence. Here's the most amazing coincidence I know of:
The sun is many, many millions of miles away. The moon, only a few hundred thousend.
The sun is a vast distance accross- almost unimaginable to humans. The moon is easily measurable.
Yet, the coincidence is that in our sky, they both appear to be exactly the same size, giving perfect eclipse's. No, wait: its not a coincidence. It must be a conspiracy...
The sun is many, many millions of miles away. The moon, only a few hundred thousend.
The sun is a vast distance accross- almost unimaginable to humans. The moon is easily measurable.
Yet, the coincidence is that in our sky, they both appear to be exactly the same size, giving perfect eclipse's. No, wait: its not a coincidence. It must be a conspiracy...
The moon is 1/400th the size of the sun. The moon is also 400 times closer to earth than the sun. This is why the eclipse is a perfect fit, so they both appear exactly the same size. Just one of those things. There will be a billion other examples that appear random, so won't be talked about, of course. We only focus on the unusual.
Eric Mc said:
John Wilkes-Booth and Lee Harvey-Oswald both had hyphenated names, a rare occurence in the US.
However, it's all coincidence.
Conspiratorial people refuse to accept the idea that random coincidences sometimes happen, even highly improbable ones.
You forgot about all of the Billy-Jim-Bobs in Texas.
More worrying is the tendency of the great US democracy to keep electing sons of presidents as presidents! If you look back through the records it's happened time and time again, and not just with too many Bushes. Now that Tony Bliar is modelling himself so closely on George W there are rumours Tony isn't going to depart until his offspring can take over....
Mark Thatcher for PM anyone?
Mark Thatcher for PM anyone?
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