Strange but True

Have a history teacher explain this if they can...

"History follows a pattern of events that recur in different eras" said the Rufus Historie way back in 1553 and it was right, particularly when it comes to a comparison between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy.

A member of RUSC kindly sent this in and it fascinated me so much I wanted to share it with you all.

Here goes ...

• 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 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.
• 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 and Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater.

I'm sure you'll agree that if all of this is true then that is a seriously odd number of coincidences. Maybe the Rufus Historie knew something we didn't way back half a millenium ago.

Happy listening my friends,