All Those Weird Lincoln Kennedy Coincidences

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Have a history teacher explain all those weird Abraham Lincoln-John F. Kennedy coincidences. Mr. Beat does. • Some supposed coincidences between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy: • 1. Both men were elected to congress in ’46 (Lincoln in 1846, Kennedy in 1946) • 2. Both men were elected to the presidency in ’60 (Lincoln in 1860, Kennedy in 1960) • 3. Both men were concerned with civil rights (Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Kennedy proposed what became the Civil Rights Act) • 4. Both men married in their 30s to women in their 20s • 5. Both men lost a son while living in the White House • 6. Both Presidents had 4 children (and both lost two before they reached their teens) • 7. The doctors for Lincoln and Kennedy had the same name: Charles Taft • 8. Lincoln’s private secretary was called John (John Nicolay), Kennedy’s private secretary was called Evelyn Lincoln. • 9. Both men were shot on a Friday • 10. Both men were shot in the head • 11. Both men were shot in the presence of their wives • 12. Lincoln was sitting in box number 7 of Ford’s Theatre when he was killed. Kennedy was riding in car number 7 in the cavalcade (in a Lincoln car made by the Ford Motor Company) • 13. Both were assassinated by Southerners (John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald) • 14. The law-enforcement officer who detained John Wilkes Booth was called Lafayette Baker, as was the man who detained Lee Harvey Oswald was Marrion L. Baker. • 15. Both their presidential successors were named Johnson (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson) • 16. Both men were succeeded by Southerners. • 17. Both successors were born in ’08 (Andrew Johnson in 1808 and Lyndon Johnson in 1908) • 18. Both assassins are known by three names (John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald) • 19. Both assassins’ names have 15 letters • 20. Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse; Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theatre • 21. Both assassins were themselves assassinated before their trials. • 22. John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were both originally thought to be lone-gunman but it was later discovered that they were part of a conspiracy. • Produced by Matt Beat. All images/video by Matt Beat, found in the public domain, or used under fair use guidelines. Music by Electric Needle Room (Mr. Beat's band) and Joel Cummins. • Creative commons credits: • Michael Dorosh • Sources/additional reading: • https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/f... • http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~demon/iss... (funny) • https://www.researchgate.net/publicat... • https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/lin... • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincoln... https://www.near-death.com/reincarnat... • http://kenrahn.com/JFK/Misc._document... • I'm now on Cameo, yo: https://www.cameo.com/iammrbeat?qid=1... • Snail mail Mr. Beat: PO Box 1982 Lawrence, KS 66044 • Donate to Mr. Beat for great perks on Patreon: / iammrbeat • Buy Mr. Beat's book, The Ultimate American Presidential Election Book: Every Presidential Election in American History (1788-2016) https://amzn.to/3fdakiZ • Donate to Mr. Beat on Paypal: https://www.paypal.me/mrbeat • Buy Mr. Beat T-shirts, coffee mugs, etc.: https://sfsf.shop/support-mrbeat/ • More merch: https://www.bonfire.com/store/mr-beat/ • Reddit: / mrbeat • Mr. Beat's band: http://electricneedleroom.net/ • Mr. Beat on Twitter: / beatmastermatt • Mr. Beat on Facebook: / iammrbeat • Mr. Beat on Instagram: / iammrbeat • Mr. Beat's Discord server: / discord • Mr. Beat favorites: • POP! Icons: George Washington https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jrb/ • Useful Charts: https://usefulcharts.com/?aff=12 • Recommended books: • Republic, Lost by Lawrence Lessing https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jul/ • Truman by David McCullough https://go.magik.ly/ml/11jwc/ • Studio equipment: • Canon EOS M50 Camera EF-M 15-45mm Lens https://amzn.to/3dcNPen • Samtian LED Video Light Kit https://amzn.to/3llDwHO • TroyStudio Acoustic Panel https://amzn.to/33CkqHn • Blue Snowball iCE USB Mic https://amzn.to/2GseOHa • I use MagicLinks for all my ready-to-shop product links. Check it out here: • https://www.magiclinks.com/rewards/re... • FTC Disclosure: This post or video contains affiliate links, which means I may receive a commission for purchases made through my links.

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