FW: Coincidence?

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Subject: FW: Coincidence?
Author:  "Chris Lowe" <Chris.D.Lowe@MCI.com> at Internet
Date:    8/17/98 10:48 AM


     
Here's a little part of US history which makes you wonder Coincidence? 
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> Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. 
> John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. 
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> Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. 
> John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. 
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> The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters. 
> Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
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> Both wives lost their husbands while living in the White House. 
> Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
> Both were shot in the head.
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> Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. 
> Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln. 
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> Both were assassinated by Southerners. 
> Both were succeeded by Southerners.
> Both successors were 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 comprised of fifteen letters
> Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse. 
> Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater. 
> Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
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> And here's the kicker,
> A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland. 
> A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in Marilyn Monroe.