Comparison of John F Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln's Lives On April 15, 1865, a tragedy took place as Abraham Lincoln was shot to death by John Wilkes Booth. One hundred years later a similar tragedy took place on November 22, 1963, as John F. Kennedy was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald. The coincidental deaths of both of these presidents led to a great downfall in American history, but it also led to the further research of the presidents to find even more similarities about them. Abraham Lincoln and John F. Kennedy were two presidents whose lives were coinciden