Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy: Shocking Similarities
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Elected as president in 1860 | Elected as president in 1960 |
He was replaced by a man named Johnson | He was replaced by a man named Johnson |
Andrew Johnson was born in 1808 | Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908 |
He was assassinated by a man born in 1839 | He was assassinated by a man born in 1939 |
Lincoln's secretary, whose last name was Kennedy, warned him not to go to the theater, where he was assasinated | Kenedy's secretary, whose last name was Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas, where he was assasinated |
A man named Booth shot Lincoln at a theater and ran to a warehouse | A man named Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and ran to a theater |
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