Lincoln-Kennedy assassinations coincidences:
1. Both had seven letters in their last names.
2. Both were shot in the head on a Friday seated beside their wives.
3. Lincoln was shot at Ford’s Theatre. Kennedy was shot in a Lincoln Limo, which was made by Ford.
4. Lincoln was in Box 7 at Ford’s Theatre, and Kennedy was in Car 7 of the Dallas motorcade.
5. Both assassins had three names with 15 letters (John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald).
6. Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and was captured in a warehouse. Oswald shot Kennedy in a warehouse and was captured in a theater.
7. Both were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives for the first time in ’46 (1846/1946), were runners-up for their party’s nomination for vice president in ’56, and were elected president in ’60.
8. Both were succeeded by southern Democrats named Johnson.