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Here's something very interesting I got sent today.
A bit of Trivia
*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 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 in a theatre named
"Kennedy".
Kennedy was shot in a car called
"Lincoln
*Booth ran from a theatre and was caught in a
warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in
a theatre
*Both Booth and Oswald were assassinated before
their trials
*A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe,
Maryland
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with
Marilyn Monroe
Creepy eh?
Seriously I don't even know whether this is all
true but it certainly sounds good.
Anyway best of luck to all those going to GenCon
(or who have already left)
Alex
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