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Don't Freak Out After This

Contributed by Samreen Islam Ahmed

* 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 .

Now it gets really weird.

* 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 awarehouse.
* Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid 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 Marylin Monroe.