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hurriyah38 Posted at 4:03 pm on May 30, 2008
This is something my history teacher gave to me about the assassinations of Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy!

1. Both were shot in the presence of their wives
2. Kennedy's killer came from a warehouse and hid in a movie theater and Licolns killer hid in a warehouse after he was at the theater
3.Both killers go by their full names John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald
4. Kennedy's secretary was Lincoln
5. Lincoln's secretary was Kennedy
6. Both shot in the head
7. kennedy shot 1963 lincoln shot in 1863
8. Both have the same number of letters in their names!


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jonny5 Posted at 12:23 pm on June 3, 2008
Lincoln was shot in 1865 dumbass, the Civil War wasn't even over in 1863.
Bud2400 Posted at 10:24 pm on June 1, 2008
Quote: from Indiefreak2010 at 4:11 pm on May 30, 2008

Every president with the exception of George W. Bush elected on a '00 year has been asscinated FOR REAL


Actually, it's more like every president between William Harrison elected in 1840 to Ronald Reagan elected in 1980 who was elected on a year that ended with 0 had died in office (not assassinated - big difference).  Harrison (1840) died of pneumonia or something, Lincoln (1860) was assassinated, Garfield (1880) was assassinated, McKinley (1900) was assassinated, Harding (1920) died of some medical problem, FDR (1940) died of a medical problem (though it's a stretch since he died in his 1944 term, just as Lincoln died in his 1864 term), JFK (1960) was assassinated, and Reagan (1980) broke this streak (though he did have an assassination attempt on him).

By the way, as for the OP, you can find coincidences in so many different things.  It's just a matter of which you choose to highlight (what is coincidental) and what you choose to ignore (the majority, which is basically everything else).  A classic example of confirmation bias.

hurriyah38 Posted at 4:21 pm on May 30, 2008
Quote: from Indiefreak2010 at 4:11 pm on May 30, 2008

Every president with the exception of George W. Bush elected on a '00 year has been asscinated FOR REAL
Oh wow I never knew that!!!!
Indiefreak2010 Posted at 4:11 pm on May 30, 2008
Every president with the exception of George W. Bush elected on a '00 year has been asscinated FOR REAL
melodym Posted at 4:10 pm on May 30, 2008
we learned about that in geo! or our teacher told us about it. it's weird.
Jackie1808 Posted at 4:07 pm on May 30, 2008
wow that is creapy
conoris16 Posted at 4:06 pm on May 30, 2008
i think hes been listening to the CRAZY conspiracy theorists a bit too long

most of this stuff is just a co-incidence

and seriously if you were the assasan and you wanted to make sure you killed them where would you shoot them, the feet? the arms? no you fucking pop a cap in their head

lespaulfreak792 Posted at 4:05 pm on May 30, 2008
woah
police disco lights Posted at 4:04 pm on May 30, 2008
I love coincidences like that. They're so interesting.
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