History Mystery

Have a history teacher explain this—– if they can.

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.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head

Now it gets really weird.

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.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford'.
Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln ' made by 'Ford'.

Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse.
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

😯

How about this?

Tankslapper wears tinfoil on head.
Tankslapper posts on STW.

Yes. That is the nature of coincidence:

1 : the act or condition of coinciding;
2 : the occurrence of events that happen at the same time by accident but seem to have some connection;

I was just about to post that glenh.

I think we need a history teacher to explain it to us.

Not this old chestnut again….

john wilkes booth was born in 1938, not 39

kennedy was elected to Congress January 3, 1947 (not 1946 at all)

shall I go on?

Some things, seemingly unlikley to coincide, have coincided.*

Coincidence?

*Or not, as jahwomble points out.

I thank you 🙂

😆

It's the work of the Lizard people I tell you!

and in 2011 we will live in a world governed by DAMM DIRT APES……DAMM YOU DAMM YOU ALL TO HELL *bows and receives oscar*

Yes, it is all down to the Lizard Overlords.

Dare say someone will be along with that stupid thing about 9/11 & the flight numbers.

It's on the internet, so it must be true

Yes, it is all down to the Lizard Overlords.

They are insect overlords surely?

Why do people get excited about things that coincide ? They never remark when they dont.

It's part of how the human brain works. We tuned to spot possible connections between things (even if they don't actually exist) – evolutionary advantage and all that.

For example: some children were seen to display symptoms of autism shortly after receiving their MMR vaccines. Therefore MMR causes autism…..

"Why do people get excited about things that coincide ? They never remark when they dont."

I thought about a friend I hadn't seen or spoken to for years this morning. They still haven't phoned me.

http://www.snopes.com/history/american/lincoln-kennedy.asp

They you go done.

Big world, isn't it? 🙂

I like the injunction in that snopes piece not to write in and tell them they're wrong about the odds of being shot on a Friday "If you think we're wrong you don't understand the question".