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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