John Fitzgerald Kennedy (JFK) and Abraham Lincoln (Honest Abe) were two individuals who were not only known for serving as one of our founding fathers, but also for how they had similar actions and death. Is it a coincidence, that Mark Twain was born and died the same year Haley’s Comet appeared and left the Earth in 1832 and 1910? Is it a coincidence that James Dean’s tragic car wreck and the true, yet tragic incident of Edgar Allen Poes‘Arthur Gordon Pym’ existed? It is very rare that history will document rare coincidences. But, the most mysterious, yet intriguing incidents happen to involve two different presidents, with the same dates and actions. It will leave him or her shaking their head. Asking themselves “How did that happen?”
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Both belonging to the same political party, and connected with Civil Rights. They both sought for civic life and fought for equality. Abraham Lincoln’s project was abolishing slavery while, John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s was the Cuban Missile Crisis. Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, while John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected a century later in 1946. Lincoln was elected Presidency in 1860, while John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected a century later in 1960. Is this a coincidence or luck?
While both enjoyed the luxuries of what the White House had to offer, they both faced traumatic events. In 1862 Lincoln’s son Willie was diagnosed with Dyphoid fever. Unfortunately he succumbed to the illness and died while, his father was in office. On August 7th, 1963 Patrick Bouvier Kennedy was born. Two days later, he had succumbed to a common lung disease called: Hyaline Membrane Disease. Not only did these traumatic events make the President’s closer with their country, but also closer to their
Both belonging to the same political party, and connected with Civil Rights. They both sought for civic life and fought for equality. Abraham Lincoln’s project was abolishing slavery while, John Fitzgerald Kennedy’s was the Cuban Missile Crisis. Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846, while John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected a century later in 1946. Lincoln was elected Presidency in 1860, while John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected a century later in 1960. Is this a coincidence or luck?
While both enjoyed the luxuries of what the White House had to offer, they both faced traumatic events. In 1862 Lincoln’s son Willie was diagnosed with Dyphoid fever. Unfortunately he succumbed to the illness and died while, his father was in office. On August 7th, 1963 Patrick Bouvier Kennedy was born. Two days later, he had succumbed to a common lung disease called: Hyaline Membrane Disease. Not only did these traumatic events make the President’s closer with their country, but also closer to their