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
Copyright © Abhishek Jain | Year Posted 2008
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