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- Subject: history lesson
- From: Lilfrisky@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 25 Nov 1998 21:51:22 EST
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>A spooky history lesson
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >And remember that it's ALL COMPLETELY TRUE...
> >> >
> >> >
> >> >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.
> >> >
> >> >The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
> >> >
> >> >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 were shot in the head.
> >> >
> >> >Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
> >> >Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln.
> >> >
> >> >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 comprise 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 both assassinated before their trials.
> >> >
> >> >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.
