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Can any history teacher explain the following...!!


 * 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.
 * 1) Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
 * 2) Both their wives lost a child while living in the White House.
 * 3) Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
 * 4) Both Presidents were shot in the head.
 * 5) Both were assassinated by Southerners.
 * 6) Both were succeeded by Southerners named *Johnson*.
 * 7) Andrew Johnson*, who succeeded *Lincoln*, was born in 1808.
 * 8) Lyndon Johnson*, who succeeded *Kennedy*, was born in 1908.
 * 9) John Wilkes Booth*, who assassinated *Lincoln*, was born in 1839.
 * 10) Lee Harvey Oswald*, who assassinated *Kennedy*, was born in 1939.
 * 11) Both assassins were known by their three names.
 * 12) Both names are composed of fifteen letters.
 * 13) Lincoln* was shot at the theater named *'Ford'*
 * 14) Kennedy* was shot in a car called *Lincoln* made by *'Ford.'*
 * 15) Both, *Booth* and *Oswald* were assassinated before their trials.
 * 16) A week before *Lincoln* was shot, he was in *Monroe, Maryland*.
 * 17) A week before *Kennedy* was shot, he was with *Marilyn Monroe*.
 * 18) Lincoln* was shot in a *theater* and the assassin ran to a *warehouse*... JB
 * 19) Kennedy* was shot from a *warehouse* and the assassin ran to a *theatre*...

Can anyone explain this?? Yes very simple..... History Repeats itself