Lincoln-Kennedy Connections

Part One:
This information can be found all over the web. There is, however, a lot of junk out there. I'm sticking to the facts.

Lincoln: elected to Congress in 1846
Kennedy: elected to Congress in 1946

Lincoln: elected President in 1860
Kennedy: elected President in 1960

Lincoln: shot on a Friday
Kennedy: shot on a Friday

Lincoln: shot at Ford's Theater
Kennedy: shot in a Lincoln, made by Ford

Lincoln: John Wilkes Booth- 3 names, 15 letters
Kennedy: Lee Harvey Oswald- 3 names, 15 letters

Lincoln: Booth killed before a trial
Kennedy: Oswald killed before a trial

Lincoln: assassin attacked in a theater, escaped to a storage facility (tobacco barn)
Kennedy: assassin attacked from a storage facility (book depository), escaped to a theater

Lincoln: successor was Andrew Johnson born in 1808
Kennedy: successor was Lyndon Johnson born in 1908

This is all very strange and a bit eerie. There are more connections, but I don't really find them relevant. For instance, both Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Kennedy lost children as first ladies. There's a rumor that Lincoln's secretary's name was Kennedy and Kennedy's was Lincoln, but that's unsubstantiated. This is interesting food for thought and could be a great classroom discussion.