Interesting reading for my US friends

[Colin-Partridge]

I came across this information today and I thought that it was probably one of the most interesting piece of reading I had ever seen. Iwill let you read it and see what you think.

Subject: Fw: Similarities between KENNEDY and LINCOLN....




>>> History Lesson
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Have a history teacher explain this----- if they
>>>can.
>>>
>>> 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 their children while living in the
>>>White
>>>House.
>>>
>>> Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
>>> Both Presidents were shot in the head.
>>>
>>> Now it gets really weird.
>>>
>>> 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.
>>>
>>> Now hang on to your seat.
>>>
>>> Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.'
>>> Kennedy was shot in a car called ' Lincoln' made by
>>>'Ford.'
>>>
>>> Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran
>>>and hid
>>>in a warehouse.
>>> Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin
>>>ran and
>>>hid in a theater.
>>>
>>> Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their
>>>trials.
>>>
>>> And here's the kicker...
>>>
>>> A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe,
>>>Maryland
>>> A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn
>>>Monroe.
>>>
>>> Creepy huh? Send this to as many people as you can,
>>>cause:
>>>Hey, this is one history lesson people don't mind reading

[Ron Davidson]

Very weird and very interesting my friend.
Ron

[SchreiberBike]

Yes weird and interesting. Unfortunately many of the "facts" are not true and most of the remaining are insignificant coincidences.

Snopes explains it well : <http://www.snopes.com/history/american/linckenn.htm>


Sorry to be a spoilsport, but I do a lot of work with statistics, and it's my job to find where things are significant and when they are coincidences.