Weird Similarities between John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln

* Both were concerned with civil rights and racism
* Lincoln was elected president in 1860; Kennedy was elected in 1960
* Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy; Kennedy’s secretary was named Lincoln
* Both last names have 7 letters
* Lincoln’s secretary advised him not to go to the theatre; Kennedy’s secretary advised him not to go to Dallas
* Both were assassinated on a Friday in the presence of their wives
* Both were shot in the head from behind
* Lincoln’s successor was Andrew Johnson, a southern Democrat Senator; Kennedy’s successor was Lyndon Johnson, also a southern Democrat Senator
* Both had had a child die while they were in the White House
* Lincoln’s assassin, John Wilkes Booth, shot him in a theatre and ran to a warehouse; Kennedy’s alleged assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, shot him in Dealey Plaza and ran to a theatre to hide
* Lincoln’s assassin was born in 1839; Kennedy’s assassin was born in 1939