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Once a week starting now I will read from a book of unexplained things that have happened through the years that many of you might now about and many of you might like to hear. But the main topic of this is to enjoy.
Lincoln and Kennedy
Two of the most tragic deaths in American history, the assassination of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, involve the following astonishing parallels.
1) Lincoln was elected president in 1860. Exactly one hundred years later, in 1960, Kennedy was elected president.
2) Both men were deeply involved in civil rights for Negroes.
3) Both men were assassinated on a Friday , in the presence of their wives.
4) Each wife had lost a son while living at the White House.
5) Both mean were killed by a bullet that entered the head from behind.
6) Lincoln was killed in Ford's Theater. Kennedy met his death while riding in a Lincoln convertible made by the Ford Motor Company.
7) Both men were succeeded by vice-presidents named Johnson who were southern Democrats and former senators.
8) Andrew Johnson was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908, exactly one hundred years later.
9) The first name on Lincoln's private secretary was John, the last name of Kennedy's private secretary was Lincoln.
10) John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839 [according to some sources]. Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939, one hundred years later.
11) Both assassins were Southerners who held extremist views.
12) Both assassins were murdered before they could be brought to trial.
13) Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a barn. Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater.
14) Lincoln and Kennedy each have seven letters.
15) Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson each has 13 letters.
16) John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each has 15 letters.
Hope you all enjoyed todays mystery. Tune in next week for another mysteries of the unexplained
Lincoln and Kennedy
Two of the most tragic deaths in American history, the assassination of Presidents Abraham Lincoln and John Fitzgerald Kennedy, involve the following astonishing parallels.
1) Lincoln was elected president in 1860. Exactly one hundred years later, in 1960, Kennedy was elected president.
2) Both men were deeply involved in civil rights for Negroes.
3) Both men were assassinated on a Friday , in the presence of their wives.
4) Each wife had lost a son while living at the White House.
5) Both mean were killed by a bullet that entered the head from behind.
6) Lincoln was killed in Ford's Theater. Kennedy met his death while riding in a Lincoln convertible made by the Ford Motor Company.
7) Both men were succeeded by vice-presidents named Johnson who were southern Democrats and former senators.
8) Andrew Johnson was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908, exactly one hundred years later.
9) The first name on Lincoln's private secretary was John, the last name of Kennedy's private secretary was Lincoln.
10) John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839 [according to some sources]. Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939, one hundred years later.
11) Both assassins were Southerners who held extremist views.
12) Both assassins were murdered before they could be brought to trial.
13) Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a barn. Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater.
14) Lincoln and Kennedy each have seven letters.
15) Andrew Johnson and Lyndon Johnson each has 13 letters.
16) John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each has 15 letters.
Hope you all enjoyed todays mystery. Tune in next week for another mysteries of the unexplained