Top Ten Biggest Coincidences Between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy

The Top Ten

1 Lincoln was shot in the back of the head in Ford Theater, Kennedy was shot in the back of the head in a car that had the brand names Lincoln and Ford

I still don't understand why all the good presidents get assassinated

Cannot stop laughing

2 Both of their assassins had three-word names

3 Their names have the same consonant/vowel pattern.

4 They were both succeeded by Johnsons who were born exactly 100 years apart

5 They both enforced black equality

6 Lincoln's murderer shot him in a theater and ran to a warehouse, and Kennedy's did the opposite

7 Both Johnsons have 13 letters in their name

8 Both John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were killed before going to trial

Holy crap I never thought of that...

9 Their Vice Presidents Both Had The Last Name "Johnson"

There's even more facts, actually. You stole my list idea!

10 After Lincoln and Kennedy were shot, the telegraph and telephone systems respectively went down

The Contenders

11 John Kennedy is the name of a character in a 1951 movie where a detective tried to thwart the assassination of Lincoln

12 They Were Elected 100 Years Apart

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