Trivia 10:
The Lincoln and Kennedy Assassinations



Two of America's greatest and most beloved presidents are linked by an eerie set of coincidences. A pattern runs through the circumstances of their presidencies and brutal assassinations:

Both Kennedy and Lincoln were deeply involved in the civil rights issues of his era. For Lincoln, it was slavery, and for Kennedy, it was segregation.

Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was born in 1839.
Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was born in 1939.

Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who warned him not to go to the theater that night.
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln who warned him not to go to Dallas.

Both were shot on a Friday.

Both were shot from behind.

Both wives were present when their husbands were shot.

Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled into a warehouse.
Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled into a theater.

Both presidents were succeeded by men named Johnson.

Both Johnsons were democrats from the South.

The Johnson who succeeded Lincoln was born in 1808.
The Johnson who succeeded Kennedy was born in 1908.

Both presidents' last names have seven letters. Their successors' first names both have six letters. The combined letters in the names of their assassins' first and last names have 15.



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