All Those Weird Lincoln Kennedy Coincidences

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Have a history teacher explain all those weird Abraham Lincoln-John F. Kennedy coincidences. Mr. Beat does.
Some supposed coincidences between Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy:
1. Both men were elected to congress in ’46 (Lincoln in 1846, Kennedy in 1946)
2. Both men were elected to the presidency in ’60 (Lincoln in 1860, Kennedy in 1960)
3. Both men were concerned with civil rights (Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, Kennedy proposed what became the Civil Rights Act)
4. Both men married in their 30s to women in their 20s
5. Both men lost a son while living in the White House
6. Both Presidents had 4 children (and both lost two before they reached their teens)
7. The doctors for Lincoln and Kennedy had the same name: Charles Taft
8. Lincoln’s private secretary was called John (John Nicolay), Kennedy’s private secretary was called Evelyn Lincoln.
9. Both men were shot on a Friday
10. Both men were shot in the head
11. Both men were shot in the presence of their wives
12. Lincoln was sitting in box number 7 of Ford’s Theatre when he was killed. Kennedy was riding in car number 7 in the cavalcade (in a Lincoln car made by the Ford Motor Company)
13. Both were assassinated by Southerners (John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald)
14. The law-enforcement officer who detained John Wilkes Booth was called Lafayette Baker, as was the man who detained Lee Harvey Oswald was Marrion L. Baker.
15. Both their presidential successors were named Johnson (Andrew Johnson and Lyndon B. Johnson)
16. Both men were succeeded by Southerners.
17. Both successors were born in ’08 (Andrew Johnson in 1808 and Lyndon Johnson in 1908)
18. Both assassins are known by three names (John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald)
19. Both assassins’ names have 15 letters
20. Booth ran from the theatre and was caught in a warehouse; Oswald ran from a warehouse and was caught in a theatre
21. Both assassins were themselves assassinated before their trials.
22. John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were both originally thought to be lone-gunman but it was later discovered that they were part of a conspiracy.
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[@iammrbeat]

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[@bertaroo]

Is that where you bought your clone

[@fazejohnkennedy9987]

I’m jfk lol

[@abeIincoIn]

@@fazejohnkennedy9987 Im Abe

[@abeIincoIn]

Mr. Beat where is your leg in your pfp

[@Estarfigam]

Weird Coincidences between Mr. Beat and Mr. Beast 1. Both youtubers 2. Both American while males 3. Both sponsored by Honey. 4. You can't spell Beast without Beat 5. I don't know any other similarities, because I don't watch Mr. Beast.

[@w_4ca]

The guy who wins the 2060 election: “On second thought, I’ll pass.”

[@daerdevvyl4314]

Actually every president elected in a year ending in 0 from 1840 to 1960 died in office. (Also president Zachary Taylor, who was elected in 1848.). Ronald Reagan broke that curse by surviving being shot by John Hinckley Jr.

[@ohmygoshitscole]

@@daerdevvyl4314 yeah. Have you ever heard of the 0 curse? It was something to do with William Henry Harrison killing a native chief while at war. Its just a coincidence, but the story is cool

[@lenl8004]

@@daerdevvyl4314 Biden sweating rn

[@jefffinkbonner9551]

It’s the Tecumseh curse. He warred against William Henry Harrison in the Indian Wars in the midwest in the early 1800s. When WHH was elected president in 1840 he gave a multi-hour inaugural speech in the pouring rain without wearing a coat so he could appear “strong” and “tough.” He shortly thereafter contracted pneumonia and died a few weeks later.

[@anthonybenci9035]

Everyone mentioned the Curse of Tippecanoe, but noone said its proper name.

[@philiplathrop9250]

3 former presidents and 11 future presidents were alive during both assassinations

[@kevincronk7981]

I'm not sure if you could say lincoln felt strongly about freeing the slaves. Sure, maybe he did want to, but it was far from his priority, he always cared more about first his political carreer and later as president keeping the union together/winning the civil war

[@killwalker]

Thx for this. Been looking for this vid/info for ...going on 25 years. High-school buddy found a sheet of paper with basically every "coincidence" you just showed, but with no fact checks. That was 1996 lol I've long lost the sheet of paper, but that stuff has stuck with me for so long. I've wondered for about 25 years how much of that was true lol. A bunch of them now hold a lot less signifigance, but I feel like there are 1 or 2 really mind blowing coincidences that didn't get mentioned, although I can't remember them well enough to know for sure.

[@Stephen-to7jx]

Here's one relating to surnames. The 2 most common English surnames are Smith and Jones, but no Presidents bear those names.

[@zacthebombproductions]

I’m Australian and I wish we learnt American history so much more interesting than Australian history

[@kadenhughes3501]

oh yea yalls country has way less problems

[@zacthebombproductions]

@@kadenhughes3501 yeah and it just isn’t that interesting

[@redrockbro3679]

And then there's Asia.... Phew

[@3-s16]

You should make one about Einstein and Hawking, two of the greatest, most influencial, most important and smartest ginius theoretical phicisists: Hawking died on Einstein's birthday Both died at 76 Both married twice Both had three children

[@akmonra]

Holy shit, I was about to joke about how you could see coincidences everywhere, and thought of using Hawking and Einstein has an example. Didn't realize people were already doing it

[@bobbifreedman2435]

I love Mr. Beats. Awesome sauce.

[@abrahamlincoln5177]

Me and JFK are so alike I wish I can be friends with him

[@AramaruI837]

The week before Lincoln was assassinated, he was in Monroe, Maryland. A week before Kennedy was killed, he was in Marilyn Monroe.

[@DDBurnett1]

For me, the freakiest presidential coincidence is the fact that Jefferson and Adams both died on July 4, 1826- the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence.

[@superdude899]

Not to mention his last words were "Thomas Jefferson survives."

[@JanStront]

@@superdude899 While Jefferson just died a couple of hours before him

[@superdude899]

@@JanStront Yep

[@JakobSeidl]

Stephen Foster was born on July 4, 1826

[@christopherlin4078]

learn gematria

[@mattmadden3013]

Lincoln was raised in a log cabin with his father. JFK once spilled Log Cabin syrup in his father's Lincoln.

[@KartikChugh]

Genuine laugh out loud

[@meechisminners]

I feel like the "successors names were johnson" deserves more hype because they're the only two president Johnson's we ever had

[@libertyprime619]

Andrew Johnson was a trash president, kinda sucks Lincoln was sandwiched in between trashy presidents, one that started the civil war and dipped then one who didn't know how to fix the nation after the civil war

[@theonlyjoe_]

@@libertyprime619 feel sorry for grant the most though, he must’ve suffered loads after Lincoln died up until his death

[@ChristopherNFP]

Is Johnson the second most popular surname? I would have guessed Jones. If that is the explanation then why haven't there been 4 President Smiths?

[@majorplothole2620]

@@libertyprime619 Andrew Johnson AND Lyndon Johnson were both trash presidents. AJ' was so lost in the sauce he legit thought the best plan to keep the Union together after Lincoln's passing was to amass another army and fight ANOTHER war, this time against the then French/Austrian controlled Mexico. He also put pressure in the OPPOSITE direction of civil rights issues. Lyndon Johnson took the couple thousand advisors Kennedy sent to Vietnam and turned them into hundreds of thousands of troops, in a prolonged war that drained the US of it's resources, killed the faith of it's people in their government and then on top of that, he only pushed for civil rights when he was FORCED to do something about it. Both were garbage, and did a real shit job of it. (imo)

[@libertyprime619]

@@majorplothole2620 I forgot AJ did that lmao

[@CivilWarWeekByWeek]

The weirdest connection, they were both presidents, like we only have had 45

[@rebelfriend6759]

I smell a conspiracy

[@Logan_Irrelevant]

It’s 46 now, right? I don’t remember for sure, but I think Biden is the 46th?

[@-ASG-]

@@Logan_Irrelevant 45 Cleveland counts as both 22 and 24 because of the gap between his two terms

[@lukedetering4490]

@@Logan_Irrelevant No he's saying that one person was elected twice non-consecutively (Grover Cleveland), so he was counted as the 22nd and 24th president. Therefore despite having 46 presidents, we had only 45 people be POTUS.

[@Logan_Irrelevant]

@@lukedetering4490 thanks for clarifying. I didn’t understand at first. Thanks man!

[@kristianpaulsen20]

"Both Lincoln and Kennedy died at nearby locations from where they were shot" Yes. As is what tends to happen when someone is shot in the head. They die, usually pretty quickly.

[@CKing-388]

I believe Kennedy died when his head was literally shot off.

[@everyonelovesmajima]

Another huge coincidence, both Booth and Oswald assassinated an American president.

[@SoulforSale]

Lincoln died in Ford theater Kennedy died in a Lincoln which was made by Ford

[@johns950]

It's a no brainer. Still, they were the most open minded presidents ...

[@Rykiz_Vidz]

​@@SoulforSaleSo Ford is to blame then!

[@WorldNews92]

#31 - Both Lincoln and Kennedy died after they were assassinated... COINCIDENCE?!

[@iammrbeat]

IMPOSSIBLE 😳

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

#32 - Both Lincoln and Kennedy White Male Presidents

[@ADMusic1999]

Well Theodore Roosevelt and Ronald Reagan survived their assassinations and both were known for being great, manly, Republican presidents who won by a landslide. Also, Reagan was an actor who played a western cowboy before he became president and Roosevelt was a real western cowboy before he became president. Both presidents had ranches and both were informally called "the cowboy president."

[@tippiebekfast]

#33 - Both Lincoln and Kennedy breathed at least once in their lives.

[@highlighterjelly]

#34 - Both Lincoln and Kenmedy were borm some time between the birth of the univirse and now

[@everythingiseconomics9742]

I like how many of these coincidences happened exactly one hundred years apart. It's almost like the two presidents were born about 100 years apart

[@ohmygoshitscole]

NOOO WAYYYY

[@everythingiseconomics9742]

@Vasonte The Animator’s Alt *a b o u t*

[@MC-tg1xk]

To me they are pointers that might be about reincarnation.

[@mindlessman5233]

@Vasonte The Animator’s Alt Yeah, however the coincidence may be in the cumulative sum of the years when added together. Both equal 18.

[@wystrix439]

@@MC-tg1xk Reincarnation? Pretty sure it’s the easter bunny and santa claus behind it

[@Galimeer5]

"They both died near the locations they were shot" Amazing.

[@salt407]

The coincidence that both of their assassins were know by 3 names is true, but the Central Intelligence Agency has 25 letters and John Wilkes Booth has 15 letters.

[@rogercleaveland2170]

Savage🤣

[@literallyafrog367]

Good thing JFK Jr. is still alive though, along with Tupac and Elvis. But it's sad that we lost Paul McCartney and Avril Lavigne.

[@davidcopson5800]

@salt You're a straight shooter.

[@maryblaufuss7533]

I love it!! (Maybe I shouldn't laugh.)

[@the.mr.schrader]

@@literallyafrog367 Yeah Bro Elvis Is Just Sitting On Some IKEA Toilet

[@nainghtutaung3922]

There is also one fact that I know, Both Lincoln and Kennedy had 4 children, But only one of each survived to old age.

[@iammrbeat]

WOAHNESS

[@dolliegray666]

@@iammrbeat actually 2, JFK jr died at 39

[@cam-edy1294]

@@dolliegray666 that’s not that old

[@dolliegray666]

@@cam-edy1294 unlike your age, no offense

[@blackbaron2572]

@@dolliegray666 yeah, 39 isn't a full life. Silly comment, no offense

[@joshmg25]

One you didn’t mention(which I understand you weren’t going over all of them) that I found impressive was that both their predecessors were the last ones born in the previous century. Buchanan was born in 1791, and Eisenhower was born in 1890.

[@IbrahimButTwice]

Also if you add the individual numbers both 1791 and 1890 add up to 18. 1 + 7 + 9 + 1 = 18 1 + 8 + 9 + 0 = 18

[@spleefgreif]

I think thats just a consequence of being in the election of the 60s of your specific century. Guy who wins the 2060 election will probably be in the same boat.

[@isagacha1015]

thats actually true dang-

[@anthonyn.7379]

Coincidences between Mr. Beat and Mr. Beast: 1) both have at least six identical letters in their names 2) both have a sponsorship from Honey

[@FARMERHARDY]

Both are Male and on youtube

[@yeetues]

Both have Mr in their name

[@nathanielgarza9198]

Both has a goatee, both uses vibrant colors

[@creativepop8196]

Both are humans

[@ohio9499]

With all these coincidences they might as well be the same person!

[@mr.blonde8808]

All assassins and criminals have to been known by their full names. This is to prevent the wrong person from being arrested.

[@hydrogen3266]

Yeah, John booth is a pretty generic sounding name, but Wilkes is a pretty interesting middle name. Idk if it was one of those old-timey names though. Like mark david chapman or James earl ray. I guess they all have pretty generic names so it makes total sense

[@iammrbeat]

But having the exact same number of letters is pretty cool

[@hydrogen3266]

@@iammrbeat stalin and hitler have the same amount of letters too (x-files theme plays)

[@mr.blonde8808]

@@iammrbeat yeah

[@iammrbeat]

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[@NixieEppler]

I also think that it’s fairly obvious two people would have a lot of similarities if they ended up taking similar paths in life (like two presidents or two dictators) like of course they’re gonna be similar in some meaningful way

[@rienn8559]

its also easy to find similarities when you try to look for them

[@CommunistCreeper]

When the beat drops a beat i drop everything

[@iammrbeat]

And you don't miss a beat with your comments. 😄

[@ronniesummers2562]

Waiting for the day Mr Beat starts selling Beats and Beets, diversify Mr Beats!

[@derpmcgerp8062]

@@ronniesummers2562 the person at your local grocery store trying to sell you beets is his evil twin "Mr. Beet"

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@iammrbeat I hope you don’t BEAT me to it 😅

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@derpmcgerp8062 it is a good vegetable

[@ah_libra]

They were both homo sapiens They both had two arms They were both bipedal They were both male ...I could go on forever, baby!

[@iammrbeat]

Best comment thus far

[@ah_libra]

@@iammrbeat Thank you Mr. Beat!!!

[@ortherner]

awesome

[@ah_libra]

@@ogantafia1944 lol yeah

[@6feet263]

They both have remembered assassinations

[@MashedTubers]

Lincoln did not have a secretary named Kennedy but part of his SECURITY detail was a police officer named John Kennedy. The following one I discerned by myself. Andrew Johnson had once been a tailor, his wife had once been a schoolteacher; Lyndon Johnson had once been a schoolteacher, his wife had once been a "Taylor!'

[@williamhild1793]

Lincoln was a Republican, Kennedy a Democrat. Lincoln was elected president twice, Kennedy only once. Lincoln had a beard, Kennedy was clean shaven. Lincoln was born poor, Kennedy was born wealthy. Lincoln was killed with a pistol, Kennedy was killed with a long rifle. Lincoln was shot inside, Kennedy was shot outside. Lincoln was born in Kentucky, Kennedy was born in Massachusetts. "Abraham" has 7 letters, "John" has 4 letters. Lincoln did not have a middle name, Kennedy's middle name was Fitzgerald. Maybe Lincoln and Kennedy were not that similar after all! :)

[@iammrbeat]

How dare you! lol

[@jimjenkins1323]

You too miss the point. Similarities between POTUS lincoln and POTUS Kennedy goes much deeper than first names and whether they have a beard or not. The universe can be calculated by numbers...einstein proved that. The facts associated with these dates are quite alarming. So alarming....it could have had some form of prediction on their fates.

[@HoboJoe1416]

Lincoln liked hats, particularly his classic stovepipe hat. Kennedy actually hurt the hat industry because he preferred not to wear a hat.

[@dumbautisticmutt]

@@HoboJoe1416 It was actually the rise of the car around the same time that caused hats to lose popularity

[@dodec8449]

The Russian Empire supported Lincoln in the Civil War. The USSR and Kennedy almost started a nuclear war.

[@chillmemes5865]

The scariest coincidence, the license plate of the car that Archduke Ferdinand (guy who was assassinated starting WWI) license plate was A 11 11 18. Don’t get it yet probably, but A is armistice November 11, 1918 when the Armistice that ended WWI was signed!

[@tadcaddell1067]

Honestly this was really crazy considering all the possible combinations of the liscence plates

[@FrostedRaps]

I was born 11 11 92. COINCIDENCE!?

[@kamikazefilmproductions]

@@FrostedRaps i was born in 11 11 as well

[@ohmygoshitscole]

I wasn’t sure if this was tru at first, but I looked it up and they still have the original car and I swear to god it’s on of the creepiest things ever

[@amazingandrew4328]

How do you know the A stands for armistice?

[@nelthon9005]

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[@ScienceAsylum]

If you think about this from a statistics point of view, it's not actually that weird. There's something called the "Law of Truly Large Numbers": With a large enough sample, normally uncommon things will become common. Since there have been over 100 billion people over the course of history, there's bound to be a pair with a higher than usual number of things in common. The fact that Lincoln and Kennedy were both presidents just _happens_ to be one of those things.

[@wallywallendo]

Well your not picking from 100 billion people just people born after Lincoln was and who were eligible for the presidency. So not all 100 billion. Not saying it’s a conspiracy just pointing out that its from a smaller group than 100 billion.

[@lollipopgumdrop2536]

Still a lil sus

[@reineh3477]

@@wallywallendo nope. Start with a 100 billion people pick two that happens to have several things in common. That one of the things is being a president is just a coincidence

[@The_Forge_Master]

@@reineh3477 Being assassinated American presidents, two of only four, is what made them notable enough for people to search for these coincidences in the first place.

[@obviouslymatt6452]

The thing that makes it weird is that it was 2 incredibly famous people. If it was george from oklahoma and muhammad from saudi arabia it wouldn’t be weird at all. plus it’s just fun to find those coincidences that occur now and then.

[@zach7193]

Ok, this list was something else. Has anyone noticed that they have first names from the Bible? Or that their wives struggled to cope with their deaths?

[@keepyourbilsteins]

White Christian males having biblical names is nothing new, and I hope my wife would be upset at my premature death, but move on with her life afterwards.

[@iammrbeat]

Oh snap! I think you're on to something.

[@bobeinstein3131]

@@keepyourbilsteins r/whooosh

[@PierreaSweedieCat]

@@iammrbeat You ant another coincidence? Matt Beat, and Beat Matt, have the same number of letters! Where is Rod Serling when you need him?!

[@cheneethompson5756]

Oh, yeah And only one of their kids each lived to old age No offense to Caroline Kennedy, who's only 63 But her brother died in a plane crash at 38, her other brother died as a baby, and she had a sister who was stillborn

[@KKPsi-TubaDawg]

Did anyone actually call Oswald by all three of his names before he was infamous? I seem to recall watching a documentary about the Kennedy assassination where they interviewed some of Oswald's neighbors and they just called him Lee.

[@williamwatson4354]

Number 14 isn't so unusual. Its common place for alleged murderers to be called by three names. Probably so they don't get confused with similar named non suspects.

[@danielblank9917]

Now that.. is interesting

[@TeenWithACarrotIDK]

That’s what I was thinking.

[@eameece]

but the full names had the same number of letters

[@georgewashington3918]

*“WE DO THESE THINGS NOT BECAUSE THEY ARE EASY, BUT BECAUSE ARE HARD”*

[@anvithkakkera7196]

hi George

[@georgewashington3918]

@@anvithkakkera7196 hello

[@iammrbeat]

One of my favorite speeches of all time.

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

@@iammrbeat you should give a speech. Very inspiring history teacher

[@abeIincoIn]

@@georgewashington3918 We're the two best president's.

[@ccgoodfellow3917]

Great comparisons, Mr. Beat...and I love the lighthearted glaze of humor overall...I enjoyed researching Abraham Lincoln (and some aspects of JFK) for my suspense novel, THE LINCOLN CLONE by C.C. Goodfellow. I was honored to have it under Glenn Kirschner's sacrosanct Lincoln statue during his February 4th Team Justice video.

[@hacim42]

There is the cool thing of Hilter, Stalin, Tito, Freud, and Trosky all being in Vienna at the same time.

[@Albert_Herring]

Also (less impressively) Franz Ferdinand

[@spaghettboy2173]

Just imagine them all walking into a pub Stalin, Tito, and Trotsky are all sitting in a corner, Tito’s talking while Stalin and Trotsky are glaring at one another, then at the bar Freud is rambling one about his famous eel experiment, and then in the corner Adolf is drinking a beer and rambling about Aryan supremacy while glancing at Stalin. And then theres Franz in the corner talking to his wife about their trip to Sarajevo.

[@Gloria_Cook]

@@spaghettboy2173 coffee shop au

[@qwertyqwerty3742]

@@spaghettboy2173 There's a lot of corners in that bar lol

[@mikaeruu0309]

@@spaghettboy2173 delete this please

[@noahbrody9852]

Andrew Johnson was from Tennessee and LBJ was from Texas, so both of the successors were from a state that began with the letter "T".

[@iammrbeat]

Heh heh

[@royyark2896]

@@iammrbeat mr bet give a money (just kidding)

[@edgarzekkesalumbides2503]

Specifically “TE”

[@cheneethompson5756]

Holy crap!

[@footballdays5548]

Both Andrew Johnson And Lyndon Johnson died 10 yea4s after there successors

[@zatotoe1498]

No way mr beast!!!!!

[@donaidtrump4758]

Theres also a lot of similarities between me and Andrew Jackson!

[@johnf.kennedy5904]

Really? How come.

[@donaidtrump4758]

@@johnf.kennedy5904 Both involved in real estate, both populists, both believe in America first, both attacked by mainstream media

[@iammrbeat]

I would agree

[@johnf.kennedy5904]

I like Andrew Jackson a lot of people hate him for the trail of tears to a point where they are taking him off the $20 bill.

[@donaidtrump4758]

@@johnf.kennedy5904 He is one of my favorite presidents

[@treehouseofliberty3167]

According to a cancelled cartoon I saw on KZbin, both had a thing with Cleopatra

[@isaacster5027]

Its coming back...

[@Malkmusianful]

And both of them had major setbacks during a road race

[@steinsvaag496]

Even tough I am Norwegian I really like American history ( mostly because of you) and my English teacher knew this. Because of this she spent 15 minutes of the class showing us these “coincidences”. Also next week we are going to talk about a topic that I like. I choose the election of 1912.

[@Joe-sd2kx]

I learn history of other countries but I mainly learn about America history.

[@napoleonborn2party401]

I come from Uganda and i love European history

[@snusemcgoose1001]

@@Joe-sd2kx sadly you guys probably know it better than some of my fellow Americans living here

[@iammrbeat]

That's awesome, and that's one of my favorite elections to look at. Thanks for the kind words.

[@MrGared22]

That's quite a fun election to look at!

[@qwertyuiopgarth]

There are so many possible coincidences that it would be weird if you didn't notice any of them.

[@iammrbeat]

Good observation 🙂

[@angiegray4987]

Maryland may have been part of the union, but it's still in the south. The Mason Dixon line is between Maryland and Pennsylvania. And just because Oswold moved around doesn't mean he wasn't born in the south.

[@MrUnidyne]

In 1951, the film "The Tall Target" was released. It dealt with a fictional assassination plot against President-Elect Abraham Lincoln staying in New York City on his way to Washington DC. The plot is foiled by a police detective named John Kennedy. The film was a box office dud, but did gain some interest in the wake of the JFK assassination.

[@rickkinki4624]

I just looked it up on IMdB.com. You are quite correct!

[@Demonetization_Symbol]

Wow

[@scoutwithoutclout]

Many may not know but while still a boy, Abraham Lincoln lost his mother to what was believed at the time to be a vampire's bite. He vowed revenge, but failed, narrowly escaping with his life. He was rescued by coincidentally Milton Green (Marilyn Monroe's photographer). Green instructed Abe on how to dispatch the bloodsuckers he'd seen 'necking' with his mother. Abe continued his fight against the undead well into adulthood and into his presidency, making his last stand against the pale long-toothed men on the eve of the Civil War's first battle.

[@kaymuldoon3575]

When I read your comment, it suddenly reminded me of the short story book that was published in 1898 called “Titan.” It was a bit a new luxury liner called the Titan that sank in the Atlantic during her maiden voyage. And no, I’m not making that up. 😂

[@MrUnidyne]

​@@kaymuldoon3575Morgan Robertson was a prolific writer of fiction. "Futility, or The Wreck of the Titan" is his best known work, mostly for its unintentional predictions.

[@Logan_Irrelevant]

I would love this man to be my history teacher. Loving history this man just makes it better!

[@iammrbeat]

Aww thank you!

[@mattg-xy8jr]

@@iammrbeat what grade do you teach Mr. Beat

[@Logan_Irrelevant]

@@iammrbeat thank you 2!

[@iammrbeat]

@@mattg-xy8jr I teach mostly juniors, but really 9-12

[@shannonbeat]

Awe.... 🥰

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[@marianorivas8537]

Following the Hitler-Stalin example: Both were from neighboring countries to where they ended up ruling Both mustaches became iconic Both their last names had six letters each Like you just said, lists like these can go on and on and on

[@johngurlides9157]

Hitler ruled Germany though he was not German, Stalin ruled Russia though he was not Russian.

[@JohnSmithAnythingChannel]

@@johngurlides9157 Pretty sure that's not true.

[@johngurlides9157]

@@JohnSmithAnythingChannel But it is true! Hitler was Austrian and Stalin was Georgian (real name Djugazhvili).

[@JohnSmithAnythingChannel]

@@johngurlides9157 Just looked it up. So you're right.

[@trevorwilson6683]

@@JohnSmithAnythingChannel it is. Hitler was from Austria and Stalin was from Georgia

[@thegman108]

whoever is elected president in 2060: *(chuckles) i’m in danger*

[@literallyafrog367]

Just don't pick Johnson as their running mate and they'll be fine.

[@Dzod500]

Their Successors Johnson, Who Was Older Than Them, Died 10 Years After Assuming Office.

[@mikemclean5815]

Here’s another coincidence: if you take the alphabetical value of the initials of each of the assassins, and you add them up, you will find that each of the assassins’ initials add up to 35. John Wilkes Booth -> J (10) + W (23) + B (2) = 35. Lee Harvey Oswald -> L (12) + H (8) + O (15) = 35.

[@stereotype2269]

Oh wow thats pretty spooky actually.

[@kayluciano4526]

Here’s another. that alphabetic code you’re talking about is called Gematria. The word Catholic=35 and 46 JFK was the 35th and the only Catholic president. He was killed at age 46. Joe Biden happens to be the only other Catholic President and he’s the 46th president

[@michaeljohnson905]

@@kayluciano4526 so he's gonna die at 35? ...oh wait

[@InexplicablyPurpleRose]

Cool!

[@jae6722]

@@michaeljohnson905 um hes much older then 35 right now

[@lorddabbins3247]

0:01 omg Mr beast

[@CheckersNixonOfficial]

@@lorddabbins3247 mr breast please gove me 1 mil$$

[@thebacons5943]

The “three names” thing for the assassins is dumb, that’s just how we traditionally refer to infamous criminals/killers.

[@ohmygoshitscole]

Isn’t it CRAAAZYY that Jack the Ripper was his given name tho?!!

[@eameece]

but they don't all have 15 letters in their names.

[@isaiasovelar4434]

Both Johnsons ended their terms in a year ending in 69, and they both died almost 100 years out of each other, with Andrew dying in 1875 and Lyndon in 1973

[@tottenvillelegend826]

Also, they both died 10 years after their respective predecessors.

[@CatchA_Music]

@@tottenvillelegend826 Wtf!!

[@josephphilips6187]

Nice

[@ramanpreciado2241]

That's actually crazy since the Lincoln and JFK died 98 years apart.

[@justisolated5621]

Kennedy died in 1963, Lincoln died in 1865

[@b1rdwillis584]

And you still believe Oswald was a lone assassin... history?..

[@njb1126]

Both assassins encountered a time traveler Peter corrigan met booth and Sam Beckett leapt into Oswald

[@ActuallyNoah]

Jake Epping killed Oswald

[@iammrbeat]

FACTS

[@helios24601]

@@ActuallyNoah Who's this Jake Epping fellow? I think you mean George Amberson.

[@matthewhedrichjr.5445]

More like both assassins were assassinated by religious men who changed their names: Jack Ruby murdered Lee Harvey Oswald and Boston Corbett murdered John Wilkes Booth.

[@HoboJoe1416]

Oh boy!

[@Banksharper7]

Literally nobody: Random commenter: Yang Gang

[@iammrbeat]

That works.

[@nationsquid]

Currently binging your channel. Love your videos! The way you present makes it so interesting. Keep it up! :)

[@PremierCCGuyMMXVI]

Well I go to a school called JFK Memorial High School so I guess I’m related to this stuff too

[@iammrbeat]

SUCH A COINCIDENCE.

[@migacmagic6675]

Both were american Both had at least one "N" in their surname Both were male Both had a wife Both had hair Both were president at some point

[@veryrealdrdog]

both lived in the solar system

[@feebzcheez]

both were born!

[@abrahamlincoln5904]

one small issue: im cooler

[@Nikkitachikkitabanan]

Both were assassinated

[@thothrax5621]

The one about "dying near where they were shot" is so egregious to me. Like no shit, that's kinda how it works. You might as well have said "both died when their organs shutdown" WOW WHAT A COINCIDENCE

[@kiwitrainguy]

What about the one where they both died in a place that was different from where they were shot. Neither one of them died on the spot.

[@musicauthority7828]

Kennedy died instantly, however Lincoln lingered for a while before he died. Kennedy had most of head blown away, where as Lincoln, his head was completely intact, the bullet was lodged behind his eye. but both would have been considered brain dead instantly immediately after the gunshots. when a bullet enters the skull it does a great deal of damage.

[@musicauthority7828]

@@kiwitrainguy Kennedy was dead instantly when the bullet ripped his head apart. in fact a sizeable amount of his head and brains were missing.

[@jcrossan1351]

God just replayed the same campaign with a different character

[@Epicbot095]

I feel like Honey accidentally sponsored you while trying to sponsor Mr.Beast

[@EpicChaz]

XD

[@nsa4447]

MR. BEEEEAAAASSSTTTTT

[@eyuin5716]

8:12 Maryland was considered to be a southern state at the time but stayed in the union

[@iammrbeat]

That was exactly my point (that it stayed in the Union)

[@eyuin5716]

@@iammrbeat Yeah but the comparison was that both John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald were from Southern states. Maryland was a southern slaveholding state. In fact a large population in Maryland wanted to secede but the constant military presence blunted that.

[@everynametaken]

​@@iammrbeat The comparison is that both are from Southern states. Maryland is a southern state (or was considered one at the time of the Civil War, nowadays it's more Mid-Atlantic).

[@KuDastardly]

@@everynametaken Supposedly, Washington DC was intentionally meant to be built between Northern and Southern states as a form of compromise.

[@emperorpalpatine2531]

I find that some of the coincidences are stretched, but a lot of them are really surprising

[@iammrbeat]

The bottom line is, collectively they are pretty cool

[@iammrbeat]

Me too actually. :)

[@robertstephens7251]

The chances they were both killed on a Friday is actually closer to 1/49, because they each had a one in 7 chance of being killed on a Friday, but the chances they were BOTH killed on a Friday is exponentially less likely, leading to a 1/49 chance

[@castonyoung7514]

But, they could've both been killed on Saturday, Sunday, or Monday. The point is they were killed on the same day, which is 1/7.

[@PapaSRJ]

​@@castonyoung7514😮 tell me your trolling

[@castonyoung7514]

@@PapaSRJ Am I incorrect? Is the chance that two randomly selected people die on the same day of the week not 1 in 7?

[@Craycrayallday]

@@castonyoung7514 yes for them individually it is 1/7 but for them BOTH like the comment originally said it is 1/49.

[@castonyoung7514]

@@Craycrayallday OMGosh it is no different for them to both be killed on Saturday than it is for them to be born on a Friday, or a Monday, or Thursday! What do you not understand? Look: chance they were both killed on a Sunday = 1/49 chance they were both killed on a Monday = 1/49 chance they were both killed on a Tuesday = 1/49 chance they were both killed on a Wednesday = 1/49 chance they were both killed on a Thursday = 1/49 chance they were both killed on a Friday = 1/49 chance they were both killed on a Saturday = 1/49 Add them all up together and you get 7/49 which equals 1/7. Therefore the chance of them both being killed on the same day is 1/7.

[@ernestt5703]

Two presidents who stood up for the American people and unfortunately payed the ultimate price.

[@MADNESS084]

They also stood up to the bankers

[@maxstirnersego]

8:06 For 17, this can be argued heavily spending on how you define "southern" One can argue that states South of the Mason-Dixon Line (the original north-south divide) and/or states which were Slave states were southern states (which applies to Maryland still, even if slavery was on the way out there). Still, that'd be very nitpicky

[@tumadre50]

Having grown up in Maryland (from middle school to early adulthood) I've always found it baffling that people don't consider it the South. There were still active tobacco plantations when I was growing up. Granted the slaves had been replaced by migrant workers but still very much a southern state culturally. I don't know any Marylanders who consider themselves Northerners. Yes it wasnt part of the Confederacy but it was largely due to federal intervention since DC would have been surrounnded by two confederate states if Maryland had succeeded.

[@Warre_H]

1:45 No way my guy's calling this song cringy after having made all the President songs

[@CoopersChannel39]

Yeah lol😊

[@SteelCurrent]

Honey went from Mr.Beast to Mr.Beat, coincidence? I think not.

[@omgitis]

i laughed way too hard at both of lincoln’s secretaries being named john

[@VJ-nv3gz]

Even Though Abraham Lincoln and JFK Were both Elected in year ending in 60 and Inaugurated in year ending in 61 That's not very Impressive, because Abraham Lincoln was Elected on November 6,1860 Inaugurated March 4,1861. John F. Kennedy November 8, 1960 Inaugurated January 20,1961.

[@ericdavis3879]

#14 should be added to the misleading category. Lee Harvey Oswald was never known publicly by his full name, until after the police investigation into the murder. It was the news media who began using his middle name in the aftermath of the assassination. You may notice news media often cites the full name (including middle names, where applicable) to notorious people, like serial killer John Wayne Gacy, for example. Often that is done to distinguish them from other people who may have a similar name, so they don't get harassed by the public, who might confuse their innocent neighbor for the killer. In fact, after Lee Oswald, visited Russia, he and his new girlfriend always referred to him by his alias, Alek Hidell. So no, Oswald was not known by three names, at least during his lifetime.

[@eameece]

And yet he often signed his 3 names, as in the Mexico City hotel, and he used all three initials for his fake name at his rooming house. And the coincidence is the number of letters in the names of the two assassins. Is that so common? People have to mention that they were known by 3 names in order to point out that coincidence.

[@dodleboper]

You forgot the most obvious coincidence: They were both assassinated

[@iammrbeat]

SAY WHAT 😳

[@dodleboper]

@@iammrbeat I know right?

[@SWLinPHX]

What do you mean, many of the "coincidences" referred specifically TO their assassinations.

[@VaiCaDep0893]

Now I need "All those weird John F. Kennedy - Shinzo Abe coincidences"

[@abdalluhomar1294]

MrBeat There are a lot of Arabs interested in history but they don't understand English so I hope you put a translation of Arabic and thank you

[@knightshade2654]

I remember my fifth grade math teacher taking a day off of the lesson plan to tell us all the coincidences between the two presidents. What a fun class.

[@moonbased7796]

“Nothing bad happens to the Kennedy’s!”- JFK from Clone High. Okay references aside. I kinda find it interesting how many things that both Lincoln and Kennedy had in common especially how both of them died cause both of them died. (Although we don’t know for sure who killed Kennedy but there is a lot speculations and theories on who killed Kennedy where as with Lincoln we know for sure who killed him)

[@johnf.kennedy5904]

Sigh my death is a mystery never to be solved.

[@i_havethe_highground3955]

@@johnf.kennedy5904 shut up, youre dead

[@cam-edy1294]

@@johnf.kennedy5904 imagine dying lmao

[@johnf.kennedy5904]

@@cam-edy1294 Imagine the economy under you struggling.

[@iammrbeat]

Another future video on this channel

[@yusufgazi7]

It’s cool that everything between them happened 100 years apart though

[@Ore0219]

Hitler and Stalin both have six letters in their names... Boom. Mind exploded... All the conspiracy theories are true (sarcasm, in case not obvious)

[@thomasjefferson4267]

I always found these coincidences interesting and I’m so happy you made a video on this!

[@iammrbeat]

I'm surprised I'm one of the few dorks to actually make a video about it 😅

[@shirtless6934]

John Wilkes Booth frequently acted under the name "J. Wilkes," in an effort to set himself apart from his famous acting family. Also, Oswald generally went by Lee Oswald, not his full name. The practice of referring to Oswald by his full name may have originated when Henry Wade, the Dallas County prosecutor, was addressing the press regarding Oswald being captured and charged. Henry Wade, by the way, was Wade in Roe v. Wade.

[@iammrbeat]

Very good points to bring up!

[@kiwitrainguy]

"When I leave the stage (for the last time) I will be known throughout the land" - John Wilkes Booth He meant that he would be well known for his acting career.

[@jn8ive60]

There's a tendency to refer to assassins of public figures by their first, middle, and last names at all times, even though they, like most people, went by only their first names on a day to day basis.....Mark Davis Chapman is another example.

[@TheEldritchHyena]

@@jn8ive60 That isn't always the case. One example I know off the top of my head is Ronald Reagan's would-be assassin, John Hinckley Jr. He's usually only referred to by his first name, last name, and the "Junior" suffix to indicate which "John Hinckley" he was. Although people might've started calling him by his full name if he was successful in killing Reagan, but I guess we'll never know.

[@dougsanteramo3008]

Another detail I don’t think I’ve seen is that both spots they were killed is in Henry Ford museum in Dearborn, MI. JFK’s limo sits nearby Abraham Lincoln’s chair that each was shot in.

[@trumpdonald6911]

They both lived in the same house, had the same address and spoke English! Crazy right

[@arreksu0666]

In my opinion, although some coincidences may seem arbitrary or not too damning at first, when more and more are taken into consideration, as well as taken in regards to some of the truly shocking coincidences, that's when the general public starts to think something is going on, which I believe is fair, as you pointed out, in the chaos, our species tends to try to find any sense of order. I loved the video, and learnt some new things, so thank you. Also may his Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh rest in peace

[@iammrbeat]

Thanks for the nice comment!

[@stepheneinbinder2604]

0:38: I have (or had) the poster on the left bottom. I later found at least 3 "coincidences" to be false. Two were mentioned by Matt: both the assassins' birth years and the secretary non-coincidence (OK, Kennedy's secretary was indeed named Evelyn Lincoln). The writer of that poster did a little hasty math: Booth was 26 when he was killed in 1865; Oswald was 24 when he was killed in 1963. But Oswald's 24th birthday was about 5 weeks earlier in 1963, while Booth died less than a month before his 27th birthday later in 1865. 1865 minus 27 is 1838 while 1963 minus 24 is indeed 1939. The third non-coincidence, at the very bottom of the aforementioned poster, not mentioned by Matt, is completely false: "Both Johnsons were opposed for reelection by men whose names start with 'G'". While Lyndon was opposed by Goldwater, Andrew, though a Democrat, was so unpopular, he wasn't even nominated to run in 1868. His presidential goose was completely cooked. He never faced Ulysses Grant. Thus, he was not opposed by Grant in the election, though they did hate each other personally.

[@davedelecto4148]

Lincoln was born dirt poor, Kennedy’s family was one of the richest in the country.

[@amajiki4328]

This is probably why I’m good friends with Lincoln.

[@Lize_2134]

Holy sh*t

[@amajiki4328]

@@Lize_2134 how did you find 2 of my comments?

[@amajiki4328]

@@Lize_2134 oh wait no nvm.

[@Lize_2134]

@@amajiki4328 *MAGIC*

[@Lize_2134]

@@amajiki4328 also someones trying to shoot you with a rifle

[@mathewiamele3730]

Fun fact: Marge Simpson's maiden name was also Bouvier, her full name before marrying Homer was Marjorie Jaqueline Bouvier. Also, Mayor Quimby from the Simpsons was based on Robert F. Kennedy.

[@reneep4269]

"They both died near where they were shot." Surprised Pikachu face

[@ShaneC27]

I’ve studied this in great detail and there’s a lot more coincidences between the 41st and 43rd Presidents 🤔🤔

[@IsaacMeade641]

Yea and the 2nd and 6th presidents too

[@akmonra]

The 22nd and 24th Presidents have even *more* coincidences 🤯

[@MrTallformyheight]

This is one of those weird “truth is stranger than fiction moments” because the truth doesn’t have to imitate reality, where fiction does. I.e. if this were written in a book it’s would be panned as “too unrealistic”

[@iammrbeat]

I agree, but it's worth noting that you can make almost anything interesting by cherry picking the right information to make it so.

[@patrickschorre2143]

Some video ideas I have for you is top 10 best First Ladies, top 10 worst First Ladies, and best speakers of the house

[@iammrbeat]

Great suggestions! The more I think about it, the more I might just make a video featuring ALL of the First Ladies.

[@AJD3333]

Thank you Mr Beast

[@timetraveltvniles7650]

I will be looking forward to another President just like these two in 2060!

[@iammrbeat]

Let's all hope that racism is over by then.

[@scythal]

@@iammrbeat And maybe those death threats too... we don't want a trifecta of coincidences now do we?

[@jacoblara4820]

I like how the song was just him talking with a beat in the background 😂😂

[@OpinionesDeJACCsOpinions]

So, rapping?😏

[@brankoperisic9212]

One month before shot, Lincoln was in Monroe Maryland, one month before shot ,Kennedy was in Marilyn Monroe

[@jhp1045]

8:25 Was in Marilyn Monroe would have been more fitting