Spooky facts about Lincoln and JFK assassinations

[e_pepys]

from WikipediaLincoln was the first President of the United States to be assassinated, Kennedy was the last [so far - did anyone see Death of a President?]. Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, Kennedy in 1946. Lincoln was elected President in 1860, Kennedy in 1960. Both of them were shot on a Friday, both men were shot in the head, and both of

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[undyingking]

Good list of coincidences, except that:
(a) Booth was born in 1838, not 1839;
(b) He wasn't assassinated, but shot by the soldiers who were trying to arrest him.

Well spotted

[e_pepys]

Did you happen to know that, or just reading more on Booth.

Will you correct or report this mistake? I think it's good to improve Wikipedia whenever one sees an obvious error. (I'll do it if you really don't want to.) It's an inconsistency between their entries, so doesn't need new sources.

(b) just means they'll have to change "assassinated" to "were shot before they came to trial". (a) makes the coincidences less impressive.

Re: Well spotted

[undyingking]

I happened to know it, from reading the Snopes page on said coincidences a little while ago. Yes, do please correct it on Wikipedia -- I don't have an account there.

Mm, I'm not sure why it is that stacked coincidences should be appealing, but this set clearly are.

Re: Well spotted

[e_pepys]

Looks like someone else fixed this, linking to a whole new page about Lincoln-Kennedy coincidences urban legends.