YOU ARE FIRED BUT I LOVE YOU! It’s official: a hug is not just a hug. A hug is in fact a scandal. Prominently displayed in today’s Washington Post is this excruciatingly painful hug bet…
A new exhibition at the Museum of London Docklands includes a variety of Christina Broom's work - including scenes of suffragette processions and First World War soldiers.
Their bromance continues...
President Abraham Lincoln ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Did You Know? Coincidences between the lives/assasinations of Presidents Lincoln and Kennedy Abraham Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846. John F. Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946. Abraham Lincoln was elected President in 1860. John F. Kennedy was elected President in 1960. Both were particularly concerned with civil rights. Both wives lost their children while living in the White House. Both Presidents were shot on a Friday. Both Presidents were shot in the head. Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln. ***This has been called into question as to whether Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy*** Both were assassinated by Southerners. Both were succeeded by Southerners named Johnson. Andrew Johnson, who succeeded Lincoln, was born in 1808. Lyndon Johnson, who succeeded Kennedy, was born in 1908. John Wilkes Booth, who assassinated Lincoln, was born in 1839 ***This has been questioned, from all accounts Booth was born May 13, 1838)*** Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939. ***Oswald was born October 13, 1939 which makes this coinicence in age incorrect)*** Both assassins were known by their three names. Both names are composed of fifteen letters. Lincoln was shot at the theater named 'Ford.' Kennedy was shot in a car called 'Lincoln' made by 'Ford.' Lincoln was shot in a theater and his assassin ran and hid in a warehouse. Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and his assassin ran and hid in a theater. Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.
U.S. President Donald Trump hugs the U.S. flag during CPAC 2019 on March 02, 2019 in National Harbor, Maryland. The American Conservative Union hosts the annual Conservative Political Action...
The Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878 was an attempt by Russia to retake some regions lost to the Ottoman Empire in the Crimean War of the 1850s and to protect some Orthodox enclaves. Both sides suffered huge losses and Russia only achieved small gains. See: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russo-Turkish_War_(1877%E2%80%931878) Engraving from Punch magazine 1877. Punch the London magazine of wit, satire, irony and political humour.
Original article title: “What my history class never told me about President Abraham Lincoln’s assassination” written on January 23, 2011 by Harry A. Gaylord [Words in red brackets a…
