10 mysterious Lincoln and Kennedy Connections

1. Both Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy were assassinated on Fridays with their wives present.
2. Lincoln was elected president in 1860, Kennedy in 1960.
3. Each wife, while living at the White House, had lost a son.
4. Lincoln and Kennedy each have 7 letters in their last names.
5. Both assassins were killed before they could be brought to trial.
6. Lincoln was shot and killed in Ford's Theater. Kennedy died while riding in a Ford Lincoln convertible.
7. Lincoln and Kennedy were each followed by their vice-presidents, men named Johnson in both cases.
8. Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was born in 1839. Kennedy's killer, Lee Harvey Oswald, was born in 1939.
9. The first name of Lincoln's private secretary was John. The last name of Kennedy's private secretary was Lincoln.
10. Both presidents were slain by a bullet shot to the head from behind.