Although President Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln, President Lincoln did not have a secretary named Kennedy.On November 24, 1963, on his way to the county jail, Lee Harvey Oswald was shot by night club owner Jack Ruby.On April 26, 1865, after refusing to surrender, John Wilkes Booth was shot by Sergeant Boston Corbett.Booth and Oswald were killed before their trials:.Each assassin's full name is composed of fifteen letters.This is routinely done by the press to avoid tarnishing the reputations of people with similar names (i.e., there are many John Booths, Lee Oswalds, and Mark Chapmans). Both assassins, John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald, are known by their three names, although this is common for many notorious assassins who are covered by the press (see Mark David Chapman).Both successors were born in '08: Andrew Johnson was born December 29, 1808, and Lyndon B.Both were succeeded by Southerners: Andrew Johnson was from Tennessee, and Lyndon B.Both of the presidents' successors were named Johnson: Lincoln was succeeded by Andrew Johnson, and Kennedy was succeeded by Lyndon B.Both were shot on a Friday: Lincoln was shot on Good Friday, April 14, 1865, and Kennedy was shot on Friday, November 22, 1963.Kennedy's bride, Jacqueline Bouvier, was born on July 28, 1929, making her 24 years old at the time of the wedding. Kennedy was born on May 29, 1917, making him 36 years old at the time of his wedding. Kennedy was married on September 12, 1953.Lincoln's bride, Mary Anne Todd, was born on December 13, 1818, making her 23 years old at the time of the wedding. Lincoln was born on February 12, 1809, making him 33 years old at the time of his wedding. Lincoln was married on November 4, 1842.Both married in their 30s to women who were in their 20s:.Kennedy was concerned with racial equality and was the first to propose what would be the Civil Rights Act of 1964.Lincoln felt strongly that all slaves should be freed and issued the Emancipation Proclamation, which legally freed slaves within the Confederacy.Both have seven letters in their last names ("Lincoln" and "Kennedy").Both were elected to the presidency in '60: Lincoln was elected in 1860, and Kennedy was elected in 1960.Both were elected to congress in '46: Lincoln was elected in 1846 from Illinois, and Kennedy was elected in 1946 from Massachusetts.Both Oswald and Booth were killed before they could be put on trial.Kennedy had a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln and she warned him not to go to Dallas. Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to Ford's Theatre. Both presidents were shot in the head on a Friday.Both Lincoln and Kennedy were particularly concerned with civil rights and made their views strongly known.Both of the presidents' successors were named Johnson and born in '08.Booth ran from a theater and was caught in a warehouse Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater.
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