History Lesson
from a email received, take it fwiw
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> >Have a history teacher explain this----- if they can.
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> >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.
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> >Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
> >Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
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> >Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
> >Both Presidents were shot in the head.
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> >Now it gets really weird.
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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 named Johnson.
> >
> >Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, wa! s born in 1808.
> >Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
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> >John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839.
> >Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.
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> >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.'
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> >Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a =
>warehouse.=20
> >Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a=20
> >theater.
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> >Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
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> >And here's the kicker...
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> >A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland
> >A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
