In the course of human history, and to the extent that human memory is possible, events occur in remote places and at remote times, yet have striking resemblance or similarity.
There are times when two people, unrelated and in completely different places, would have similar names and even similar surnames. At times, there are people with very similar looks, similar walks, similar voices, but not related at all.
For many years, researchers have been struck by the set of incredible similarities between the stories of two American Presidents, Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy. These two distinguished gentlemen lived exactly one hundred years apart. They never met, and by all accounts, they were not related. Yet the similarities with and in their stories are striking and rather bizarre, to say the least.
Check out the following carefully for yourself and see if you believe your own eyes:
– Lincoln’s surname has 7 letters
– Kennedy’s surname has 7 letters
– Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846
– Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946
– Lincoln was elected president in 1860
– Kennedy was elected president in 1960
– War was thrust upon Lincoln almost immediately after inauguration
– War was thrust upon Kennedy almost immediately after inauguration
– Lincoln ordered the Treasury to print its own money
– Kennedy ordered the Treasury to print its own money
– International bankers may have arranged the assassinations of both Lincoln and Kennedy
– Lincoln signed the emancipation proclamation to end slavery of black American citizens
– Kennedy enforced civil rights for black American citizens
– Lincoln delivered the Gettysburg Address in November 1863
– Kennedy was assassinated in November 1963
– Lincoln was loved by the common people and hated by the establishment
– Kennedy was loved by the common people and hated by the establishment
– Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy
– Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln
– Secretary Kennedy told Lincoln not to go to the theater
– Secretary Lincoln told Kennedy not to go to Dallas
– Lincoln was sitting beside his wife when he was shot
– Kennedy was sitting beside his wife when he was shot
– Henry Rathbone, who was with Lincoln when he was shot, was injured
– John Connally, who was with Kennedy when he was shot, was injured
– Rathbone’s surname has 8 letters
– Connally’s surname has 8 letters
– Lincoln’s wife held her husband’s head in her lap after he was shot
– Kennedy’s wife held his husband’s head in her lap after he was shot
– Lincoln was shot on a Friday
– Kennedy was shot on a Friday
– Lincoln was shot in a theater named Ford
– Kennedy was shot in a car named Lincoln made by Ford
– Lincoln’s bodyguard was away from his post at the door of the President’s box at the theater
– Kennedy’s bodyguards were away from their posts on the running-boards of the President’s car
– Days before it happened Lincoln told his wife and friends about a dream of being shot by an assassin
– Hours before it happened Kennedy told his wife and friends about an assassin shooting him
– Shortly after Lincoln was shot the telegraph system went down
– Shortly after Kennedy was shot the telephone system went down
– Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran to a warehouse
– JFK was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran to a theater
– Lincoln’s assassin had a three-word name, John Wilkes Booth
– Kennedy’s assassin had a three-word name, Lee Harvey Oswald
– John Wilkes Booth has 15 letters
– Lee Harvey Oswald has 15 letters
– John Wilkes Boothe was born in 1839
– Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939
– Lincoln didn’t die immediately after being shot
– Kennedy didn’t die immediately after being shot
– Lincoln and Kennedy died in places beginning with the initials P and H
– Lincoln died in Petersen’s house
– Kennedy died in Parkland Hospital
– Booth was shot and killed in police custody before going to trial
– Oswald was shot and killed in police custody before going to trial
– Lincoln was succeeded, after assassination, by vice-president Johnson
– Kennedy was succeeded, after assassination, by vice-president Johnson
– Andrew Johnson was born in 1808
– Lyndon Johnson was born in 1908
– Andrew Johnson’s name has 13 letters
– Lyndon Johnson’s name has 13 letters
– Andrew Johnson had a pug nose and slicked-back hair
– Lyndon Johnson had a pug nose and slicked-back hair
– Andrew Johnson was a heavy drinker with crude behavior
– Lyndon Johnson was a heavy drinker with crude behavior
– There were conspiracy theories that Johnson was knowledgeable about Lincoln’s assassination
– There were conspiracy theories that Johnson was knowledgeable about Kennedy’s assassination
– Kennedy’s father had been the Ambassador to England at the Court of St James
– Lincoln’s son became the Ambassador to England at the Court of St James
– Lincoln and Kennedy were two of the greatest presidents of the United States of America
– Lincoln’s wife tastefully and expensively re-decorated the White House
– Kennedy’s wife tastefully and expensively re-decorated the White House
– Lincoln loved great literature and could recite poetry by heart
– Kennedy loved great literature and could recite poetry by heart – Lincoln had young children while living at the White House
– Kennedy had young children while living at the White House
– Lincoln’s sons had ponies they rode on the White House grounds
– Kennedy’s daughter had a pony she rode on the White House grounds
– Lincoln lost a child to death while President
– Kennedy lost a child to death while President
– Lincoln had two sons named Robert and Edward. Edward died young and Robert lived on.
– Kennedy had two brothers named Robert and Edward. Robert died young and Edward lived on.
* Source: orwelltoday.com
Are these normal similarities, sheer coincidences, or is this what is meant when people say that history repeats itself? Or we will never know enough about the human condition, and that life is an infinite journey about which history accounts only as much as our imagination allows us to know, record and preserve?