History Lesson...A Little Creepy if You Ask Me ;)

southerngale · #1 Postby **southerngale** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 4:01 pm

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.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost a child 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 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 'Kennedy.'
Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln.'

Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

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

David · #2 Postby **David** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 4:08 pm

Scary facts, yet so interesting. :o:o:o:o:o

#3 Postby **wx247** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 5:24 pm

This was a poster in my high school's history teacher's classroom. I always thought it to be strange.

Guest · #4 Postby **Guest** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 5:26 pm

I have seen that before and that is scarey to say the least..............

WidreMann · #5 Postby **WidreMann** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 6:33 pm

Well, it's all well and good, but there is no proposed mechanism as to why any of these should be any more than coincidences. The human mind loves to find patterns and draw conclusions form them. At best, this is a "hmmm"-piece and nothing more.

ColdFront77 · #6 Postby **ColdFront77** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 6:57 pm

I heard this from my 8th grade U.S. History teacher read this to us. It was the same teacher that gave (one of) my brother's a two dollar bill; which I mentioned in David's thread, "Federal Reserve to bring back 2 dollar bill?".

It is a coincidence in terms of the last names could of been totally different and the years not being quite matched up the same way.

breeze · #7 Postby **breeze** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 7:13 pm

Ow - that's making my head hurt - where's the Alleve?

mf_dolphin · #8 Postby **mf_dolphin** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 8:54 pm

Time for a trip to the bar Breeze! Talk about history repeating itself...how about history mirroring itself :-)

#9 Postby **coriolis** » Fri Jun 20, 2003 10:58 pm

I guess that we're ok for another 33 years.
And to you Widremann, all I can say is HMMMMMMMMMM

Colin · #10 Postby **Colin** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 8:47 am

Very scary, but yet interesting!

Thanks for that...

#11 Postby **Stephanie** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 9:18 am

:o I've heard of some of those coincidences but not all of them! That is pretty eerie!!!

nystate · #12 Postby **nystate** » Sat Jun 21, 2003 3:51 pm

Creepy, except for one thing- It is probable that Oswald didn't shoot JFK.

azsnowman · #13 Postby **azsnowman** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 7:47 am

Just one of the many things that make you go Hmmmmm and trust me, it doesn't take much these days for ol snowman to go "WHAT? Hmmmm!"

Dennis

Lake Effect1 · #14 Postby **Lake Effect1** » Sun Jun 22, 2003 11:01 am

hmmmmmmmmm !! I think it's too much to think about.

History Lesson...A Little Creepy if You Ask Me ;)

History Lesson...A Little Creepy if You Ask Me ;)

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