For a change, a little light reading on two historical coincidences that

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just may surprise you.
Seen this before, but it's kind of interesting...........

Look what happens when a President gets elected in a year with a "0" at the end.

1840: William Henry Harrison (died in office)
1860: Abraham Lincoln (assassinated)
1880: James A. Garfield (assassinated)
1900: William McKinley (assassinated)
1920: Warren G. Harding (died in office)
1940: Franklin D. Roosevelt (died in office)
1960: John F. Kennedy (assassinated)
1980: Ronald Reagan (survived assassination attempt)
2000: George W. Bush ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?

And to think that we had two guys fighting it out in the courts to be the one elected in 2000.

You might also be interested in this! .
Have a history teacher explain this if they can?

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 a child while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both Presidents were shot in the head.

Now it gets really weird.

Lincoln's secretary was named Kennedy.
Kennedy's Secretary was named Lincoln.

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.
Lee Harvey Oswald, who assassinated Kennedy, was born in 1939.

Both assassins were known by their three! names.
Both names are composed of fifteen letters.

Now hang on to your seat.

Lincoln was shot at the theater named "Ford. "
Kennedy was shot in a car called "Lincoln" made by "Ford. "

Booth and Oswald were assassinated before their trials.

And here's the "kicker":

A week before Lincoln was shot, he was in Monroe, Maryland.
A week before Kennedy was shot, he was with Marilyn Monroe.

AND. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :

Lincoln was shot in a theater and the assassin ran to a warehouse. . .
Kennedy was shot from a warehouse and the assassin ran to a theater. . .

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1. The first is Tecumseh's Curse

Supposedly either the Shawnee Chief Tecumseh or his brother, The Prophet, laid this curse on William Henry Harrison, who slaughtered a bunch of Shawnee in various battles, including one at Tippacanoe IN. Anyway, supposedly any president elected in a year ending in 0 will die in office. Some say Reagan broke the curse.

The other was on a record released soon after the Kennedy Assassination called "History Repeats Itself".

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2. A couple of comments:

JFK was IN Marilyn Monroe :p

It can be argued that Reagan survived the curse by conveniently being brain dead BEFORE taking office.