Oh lordy, there's a whole long list of "coincidences". Or are they?....

#1 -
Lincoln became president in 1860
Kennedy became president in 1960
(as you said)

#2 -
Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln

#3 -
Lincoln was succeeded, after assassination, by Vice President Johnson
Kennedy was succeeded, after assassination, by Vice President Johnson

#4 -
Lincoln was seated next to his wife when shot
Kennedy was seated next to his wife when shot.

#5 -
Lincoln was shot in the back of the head on a Friday
Kennedy was shot in the back of the head on a Friday

#6 -
Lincoln was shot in *Ford's* Theater
Kennedy was shot in a Ford-Lincoln automobile

#7 -
Lincoln was elected to congress in 1846
Kennedy was elected to congress in 1946

#8 -
Lincoln's assassin ran from the theater to a warehouse
Kennedy's assassin ran from a warehouse to a theater

#9 -
John Wilkes Booth was born in 1838
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939 (close...)

#10 -
Lincoln was sitting in box #7
Kennedy was riding in car#7

#11 -
Lincoln won the election against Stephen Douglass, born in 1813
Kennedy won the election against Richard Nixon, born in 1913

#12 -
A Southerner killed Lincoln, and a Southerner succeeded Lincoln
A Southerner killed Kennedy, and a Southerner succeeded Kennedy

#13 -
The chair and car both were assassinated in are on display in the same museum - The Henry Ford Museum in Detroit (which I frequent regularly!)
Source(s):
http://www.orwelltoday.com/jfkcoincidences.shtml
http://www.mahalo.com/kennedy-lincoln-similarities
http://www.meilach.com/samscorner/president.htm


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