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19/05/2022 3:13 pm
I know this has been around since 1963, but I've always found it interesting.
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.
Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Both wives lost a child while living in the White House.
Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents 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 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 composed of fifteen letters.
Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford."
Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford."
Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.
Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse...
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Ed Glorius and Ed Glorius reacted
19/05/2022 3:17 pm
George. Thanks for sharing. That was very interesting.
George Schire and George Schire reacted
19/05/2022 5:59 pm
I’ve always been in awe of those little tidbits…
Zeeky Banutski
The People’s Republic of Maryland
George Schire and George Schire reacted
19/05/2022 6:01 pm
Thanks for the info. I was not aware of most of those comparisons.
Ed Davis
Inverness, Illinois, USA
George Schire and George Schire reacted
19/05/2022 7:54 pm
The Good Lord sure works in mysterious ways...
Steve
Jack Dodds and Jack Dodds reacted
20/05/2022 12:09 am
Fascinating and...just a little bit creepy.
Steve Jacobs and Steve Jacobs reacted
Topic starter
20/05/2022 4:05 am
Fascinating and...just a little bit creepy.
Yea, a little bit to Twilight Zone like for me.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
20/05/2022 5:03 am
Interesting. To look at an objective analysis of all these "coincidences" check out Snopes article here.
John Kuvakas
Warrenton, VA
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Topic starter
20/05/2022 8:49 am
Interesting. To look at an objective analysis of all these "coincidences" check out Snopes article here.
LOL, next you'll be saying that there is no Santa Claus.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
Ed Glorius and Ed Glorius reacted
20/05/2022 9:00 am
Interesting. To look at an objective analysis of all these "coincidences" check out Snopes article here.
LOL, next you'll be saying that there is no Santa Claus.
Bite your tongue George! I'm fairly convinced The Tooth Fairy is bogus but not Santa. All those Coca Cola ads can't be wrong!
20/05/2022 9:38 am
@jack-dodds, Snopes says Santa is really a voyeur.
Well......if he is then you have to give him credit for being persistent enough to enter via the chimney to check around.
20/05/2022 7:18 pm
Interesting. To look at an objective analysis of all these "coincidences" check out Snopes article here.
Snopes may be quite correct about a number of debunked coincidences here. But they are also rather wrong about some of their "factual" assertions about (especially) JFK's assassination.
There may be a number of apparently inaccurate claims from many sources ..... but Snopes is certainly not always the authority on what may actually be closer to the truth.
Topic starter
20/05/2022 8:07 pm
Interesting. To look at an objective analysis of all these "coincidences" check out Snopes article here.
Snopes may be quite correct about a number of debunked coincidences here. But they are also rather wrong about some of their "factual" assertions about (especially) JFK's assassination.
There may be a number of apparently inaccurate claims from many sources ..... but Snopes is certainly not always the authority on what may actually be closer to the truth.
I've come to believe since the inception of social media and the over saturated news media sources out there, that there is no longer any truth or fact at all in our world. With the multitude of sources people read and follow, everyone is hearing and getting different versions of the news, different slants on the news, much of which is inaccurately reported with more sensationalism than fact in any of it. And every person puts their own slant on all of it, and believes what they want to believe. The end result is that we as a nation/world have been reduced to being unable to get truth/fact anymore at all. It has divided our world in ways that would have never seemed imaginable in the pre-internet world. We're an angrier society that feels less and less compassion and sense of morality, common sense or logic. Bottom line is, the world is a mess, and a mess like it has never been before. Sadly, it's gone to far to correct.
George Schire
Oakdale, Minnesota
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