weird history

Weird HistoryJohn F. Kennedy

andAbe Lincoln

Elected to Congress

Lincoln-1846

Election to Congress

Lincoln-1846 Kennedy-1946

Elected President

Elected President

Lincoln

1860

Elected President

Lincoln

1860

Kennedy

1960

Both had wives that lost children while in the

White House

Both very concerned about Civil Rights

Warnings

Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy and she warned him not to go to the theater.

Warnings

Lincoln’s secretary was named Kennedy and she warned him not to go to the theater.

Kennedy’s secretary was named Lincoln and she warned him not to go to Dallas.

Both shot in the head in the

presence of their wives.

Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theater

Lincoln was shot in Ford’s Theater

Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln, which is made by Ford Motor Company.

Both were shot on a Friday

Time for a “little” math

• John Wilkes Booth killed President Lincoln

• 3 names• 15 total letters

Time for a “little” math

• John Wilkes Booth killed President Lincoln

• 3 names• 15 total letters

• Lee Harvey Oswald killed President Kennedy

• 3 names• __ total letters

Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse.

Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse.

Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater.

Booth was killed before going to trial.

Booth was killed before going to trial.

Oswald was killed before going to trial.

Vice Presidents become the PresidentLincoln replaced by Andrew Johnson, born in 1808.

Vice Presidents become the PresidentLincoln replaced by Andrew Johnson, born in 1808.

Kennedy replaced by Lyndon Johnson, born in 1908.

Facts are often stranger than

fiction!!!!