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Sammenligning mellem Kennedys og Lincolns mord.

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Mange af jer har nok set listen over ligheder mellem Kennedys og Lincolns mord. Vi har, på opfordring fra vores læser Nicole Kjær Knudsen, besluttet os for at kigge nærmere på listen:

Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
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Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Disse to er korrekte, men er ganske sandsynligt, da man kun har valg hvert 4. år, og de levede 100 år fra hinanden.

The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters.
Korrekt.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.
Korrekt.

Both wives lost their children while living in the White House.
Korrekt. Jacqueline Kennedy mistede sin søn Patrick blot to dage gammel i 1963, mens Lincolns William Wallace døde som 12-årig mens Lincoln var præsident. Lincoln mistede, som vi har fortalt på et tidligere opslag, i øvrigt alle sine børn undtagen ét, før de blev 19.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Korrekt.

Both were shot in the head.
Korrekt.

Lincoln’s secretary, Kennedy, warned him not to go to the theatre.
Kennedy’s secretary, Lincoln, warned him not to go to Dallas.
Ikke korrekt. Lincolns sekretærer hed John Hay og John Nicolay. Der er i øvrigt ingen beviser for eller imod hvorvidt Kennedys sekretær Evelyn Lincoln advarede ham om ikke at tage til Dallas.

Both were assassinated by Southerners.
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Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Korrekt. Men det er der ret beset også ret gode odds for.

Both successors were named Johnson.
Korrekt. Lyndon B. Johnson overtog efter Kennedy, mens Andrew Johnson overtog efter Lincoln

Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808.
Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908.
Korrekt

John Wilkes Booth was born in 1839.
Lee Harvey Oswald was born in 1939.
Ikke korrekt. Booth var født i 1838, mens Oswald var i 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three names.
Both names are comprised of fifteen letters
Korrekt.

Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse.
Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theatre.
Definitionsspørgsmål. Booth flygtede til en gård og blev pågrebet i en tobakslade. Om det kan kategoriseres som et ‘warehouse’ vil vi lade jer om.

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
Korrekt.