The coincidental deaths of Abe Lincoln and John Kennedy

If you have read most of my blogs, you will recall my blog in which I compared the murder of Julius Caesar with the murder of John Kennedy. Well here is another comparison to boggle your mind. This story has been around ever since Kennedy was murdered.

Both Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy were shot in the back of the head, on the Friday before a major holiday, while seated beside their wives, neither of whom were injured.

Both were in the presence of another couple, and in each case that man was also wounded by the assassin.

After both assassinations, there were loud and insistent claims that the fatal shot must have come from a different direction.

Each President in his thirties married a socially prominent twenty-four year old girl who spoke French fluently.

While in the White House, each President had a family of three children, and both lost a child through death.

Both Lincoln and Kennedy were second children.

Both had been boat captains.

Both were related to a U.S. Senator, Attorney General, ambassador to Great Britain, and the mayor of Boston.

Each had been elected to Congress in the year '47 and were vice-presidential runners-up in the year '56. Each was elected president in '60.

Before each was elected, a sister died. Both had a friend named Billy Graham and knew an Adlai Stevenson.

President Kennedy had a secretary named Mrs. Lincoln and President Lincoln had a secretary named John Kennedy.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.

Both were succeeded by vice-presidents named Johnson: Andrew born in 1808 and Lyndon in 1908, both of whom had 13 letters in their names and two daughters.

Both assassins have fifteen letters in their names.

Booth shot Lincoln in a theatre and fled to a warehouse. Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theatre.

Both assassins were in their turn assassinated by shooters who used a Colt revolver and fired only one, fatal shot.

These coincidents exemplifies the minor mysteries and ironies that surround any great public tragedy. But life is full of coincidents. For example, have you ever listen to your favorite song in your car player and then discovered that the same song is being played at the same time in a local department store? However, to have 44 similarities in the deaths of two prominent men simply boggles one’s mind.