Abraham Lincoln and John F 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.
The names Lincoln and Kennedy each contain seven letters. 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 were shot in the head. Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy. Kennedy's secretary was named Lincoln. Both were assassinated by Southerners. Both were succeeded by Southerners.
Both successors were 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. Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy was born in 1939.
Both assassins were known by their three names. Both names comprise fifteen letters.
Booth ran from the theater and was caught in a warehouse. Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theater. Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

1997 'How stupid can you get?' DARWIN NOMINEES:

( 1) Los Angeles, CA. Ani Saduki, 33, and his brother decided to
remove a bees nest from a shed on their property with the aid of a
pineapple. A pineapple is an illegal firecracker which is the explosive equivalent
of one-half stick of dynamite. They ignited the fuse and retreated to
watch  from inside their home, behind a window some 10 feet away from
the hive/shed. The concussion of the explosion shattered the window
inwards, seriously lacerating Ani. Deciding Mr.  Saduki needed stitches,
the brothers headed out to go to a nearby hospital. While walking
towards their car, Ani  was stung three times by the surviving bees.
Unbeknown to either brother, Ani was allergic to bee venom, and died
of suffocation enroute to the  hospital.

( 2) Derrick L. Richards, 28, was charged in April in Minneapolis with
third-degree murder in the death of his beloved cousin, Kenneth E.
Richards. According to police, Derrick suggested a game of Russian roulette
and put a semi automatic pistol (instead of the more traditional revolver)  to Ken's head and fired.

( 3) Phillipsburg, NJ. An unidentified 29 year old male choked to death on a sequined pastie he had orally removed from an exotic dancer at a local  establishment. "I didn't think he was going to eat it," the dancer  identified only as "Ginger" said, adding "He was really drunk."

( 4) In February, according to police in Windsor, Ont., Daniel Kolta, 27,  and Randy Taylor, 33, died in a head-on collision, thus earning a tie, in  the game of chicken they were playing with their snowmobiles.

( 5) MOSCOW, Russia-A drunk security man asked a colleague at the Moscow bank they were guarding to stab his bullet proof vest to see if it would protected him against a knife attack. It didn't, and the 25-year-old guard died of a heart wound. (It's good to see the Russians getting into the spirit of the Darwin Awards.)

( 6) In France, Jacques LeFevrier left nothing to chance when he decided to  commit suicide. He stood at the top of a tall cliff and tied a noose around  his neck. He tied the other end of the rope to a large rock. He drank some  poison and set fire to his clothes. He even tried to shoot himself at the  last moment. He jumped and fired the pistol. The bullet missed him completely and cut through the rope above him. Free of the threat of hanging, he plunged into the sea. The sudden dunking extinguished the flames and made him vomit the poison.   He was dragged out of the water by a kind fisherman and was taken to a hospital, where he died of hypothermia.

( 7) RENTON, Washington, USA. On February 3, 1990, a Renton,Washington man  tried to commit a robbery. This was probably his first attempt, as suggested by the fact that he had no previous record of violent crime, and  by his terminally stupid choices as listed below:

1. The target was H&J Leather & Firearms, a gun shop.
2. The shop was full  of customers, in a state where a substantial portion of the adult population is licensed to carry concealed handguns in public places.
3. To enter the shop, he had to step around a marked Police patrol car parked at the front door.
4. An officer in uniform was standing next to the counter, having coffee before reporting to duty. Upon seeing the officer, the would-be robber announced a holdup and fired a few wild shots. The officer and a clerk promptly returned fire, removing him from the gene pool. Several other customers also drew their guns, but didn't fire. No one else was hurt.