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Can a Historian Explain This

Lincoln elected to Congress in 1846 Kennedy elected to Congress in 1946 Lincoln elected President in 1860 Kennedy elected President in 1960 Lincoln's secretary named Kennedy Kennedy's Secretary named Lincoln Both concerned with Civil Rights Both lost children in White House Both shot on a Friday in the Head Lincoln shot at the theater named Ford Kennedy shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by Ford Lincoln shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse Kennedy shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater Both assassinated by Southerners Both assassins were known by their three names Both names are composed of fifteen letters John Wilkes Booth born in 1839 Lee Harvey Oswald born in 1939 Booth and Oswald assassinated before their trials Both succeeded by Southerners named Johnson Andrew Johnson born in 1808 Lyndon Johnson born in 1908 A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe , Maryland A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe "History Repeats and also Manipulates Itself" - Hence Proved

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