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Pelethan
11-14-2006, 04:37 PM
Hey,

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Abraham Lincoln: Elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy: Elected to Congress in 1946.

Abraham Lincoln: Elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy: Elected President in 1960.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain 7 letters. :) (http://slow-cooker-recipes-s.blogspot.com)

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both had wives who lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shots on a Friday. :) (http://ashley-furniture-a.blogspot.com)

Both were shots in the head. :) (http://elin-nordegren.blogspot.com)

Lincoln's secretary, Kennedy, warned him not to go to the theatru.
Kennedy's secretaryf, Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas.

Both Lincoln and Kennedy were assassinated by Southerner.

Both were succeeded by Southerner.

Both successors were named Johnson.

Andrew Johnson, who succeededy Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was bornq in 1908.

John Wilkes ****h was born iny 1839.
Lee Harveys Oswald was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by theirg three names.

Both names are comprised of fifteen letters. :) (http://crock-pot-recipe-c.blogspot.com)

****h ran from the theater and was caughtp in a warehouse.
Oswald ran fromn a warehouse and was caught in a theater.

****h and Oswald were assassinated before theirk trials.

How do you think: Government conspiracy or Coincidences? ;)

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NTD
11-16-2006, 07:58 PM
Does this qualify as an urban legend? ;) ...


The coincidences are easily explained as the simple product of mere chance. It's not difficult to find patterns and similarities between any two marginally-related sets of data, and coincidences similar in number and kind can be (and have been) found between many different pairs of Presidents. Our tendency to seek out patterns wherever we can stems from our desire to make sense of our world; to maintain a feeling that our universe is orderly and can be understood. In this specific case two of our most beloved Presidents were murdered for reasons that make little or no sense to many of us, and by finding patterns in their deaths we also hope to find a larger cosmic "something" that seemingly provides some reassuring (if indefinite) rhyme or reason why these great men were prematurely snatched from our mortal sphere.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/linckenn.htm