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Monday, March 4, 2019

Operation Assassination: Lincolnisms vs. Kennedyms - Part VII

We're celebrating Operation Assassination, a trivia-laden white paper I compiled 25 years ago that indirectly spawned this blog. In 2000, I combined my original paper with material I found online that I published on a GeoCities account. As part of this retrospect, I revisited what I found and republished the information.

The Numbers

JFK and #6
  • Kennedy was shot in Dallas, which has 6 letters
  • He was shot from the 6th floor of a book depository
  • He was shot on Friday, which contains 6 letters.
  • Friday is the 6th day of the week (assuming the week starts on a Sunday).
  • He was shot on the 22 day of the 11 month. Add those 4 numbers together (1+1+2+2=6).
  • Oswald has 6 letters
  • Move each letter of the abbreviation FBI six places positionally to the right in the alphabet, and you get LHO (Lee Harvey Oswald)
  • Take the initials "J" and "B" from John Wilkes Booth's name, move them six places positionally to the right in the alphabet, and you get "P" and "H."
    • (Kennedy died at Parkland Hospital.)
April 15
  • Lincoln died on April 15, 1865. Other notable catastrophes on April 15:
    • The Titanic sunk
    • US Federal Income taxes are due
Triskaidekaphobia (Fear of #13)
  • Lincoln was shot on 4/14/65 and Kennedy on 11/22/63.
    • Subtract the months, days, and year and add the results:
      • 11 - 4 = 7
      • 22 - 14 = 8
      • 63 - 65 = -2
        • 7+8+ (-2) = 13
    • Add the numbers in each date, and then subtract the results
      • 11 + 22 + 63 = 96
      • 4 + 14 + 65 = 83
        • 96 - 83 = 13
    • Take John Wilkes Booth's initials and count through the alphabet
      • From "J" to "W" = 13
      • From "W" to "B" = 5; from "B" to "J" = 8;
        • 5 + 8 = 13

Ed. Note — Who spins their wheels coming up with this stuff?

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