Today I got a mail from my classmate Sarthak Jain. The mail was related to some interesing historical details which are rarely found in history books. No history teacher told us the following( I suppose)
- 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 WhiteHouse. - Both Presidents were shot on 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 1839
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born 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.




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