[2258] in Humor
FW: Lincoln & Kennedy
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jason Lima)
Tue Apr 7 18:13:17 1998
From: Jason Lima <lima@MIT.EDU>
To: "'humor@mit.edu'" <humor@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 1998 18:04:20 -0400
You may have seen this, but it's still pretty interesting!
> > HERE'S A COUPLE FOR YOU ALL TO PONDER :-)
> >
> > _____________________________________________________
> >
> >
> > Here's a little part of US history which makes you go hmmmmmmmm.
> > Coincidence?
> >
> > 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 their children while living in the White House.
> > Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
> > Both 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.
> > Both successors were 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 comprised of fifteen letters
> >
> > 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 in Marilyn Monroe
>
