Makes Ya Think

[Newt]

I know if you look long enough at almost any particular historical event(s) you can find surprising coincidences but these sorta strain the imagination. All from US History and all true BTW.

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What happens when a president gets elected in a year with a "0" (zero) at the end?

Also notice it goes in increments of 20 years.

And LOOK! Year 2000 is where it lands!

 

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:

And to think that we had 2 guys duking it out in the courts to be the one elected in 2000.

 

And another interesting set of tidbits Re: Abraham Lincoln & 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.

Both were particularly concerned with civil rights.

Both wives lost children while living in the White House.

Both Presidents were shot on a Friday.

Both Presidents 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 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.

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

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.

And here's the kicker:

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

A week before Kennedy was shot, he was in (with?) Marilyn Monroe.

 

[ 15 June 2002, 12:32 AM: Message edited by: Newt ]

[Jim Roper]

"Life gets tedious, don't it?"

 

Jim Roper

 

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[chesters1]

another amazing fact ANY word (english) no matter how long or complicated has letters that are in our alphabet also any number no matter how long can be broken up into the numbers from 0 to 9 amazing also any tune ever written is a combination of just seven notes + octaves

i ofcourse dont include equations which are full of strange symbols alien to me

[Dan]

How is it you can go half way round the world, well greece anyway,sit at a taverna in a remote village turmn round to find were sitting next to my daughters maths teacher (much to her disgust!) or stop off at Worcester sevices and bump into my dentist,(not on the way back from greece!)Queue to go into Chesington world of adventures and end up standing next to my next door neighbour...... is the world really that small.........any other coincidences anyone?

Dan

[davidP]

It's a small world - but I wouldn't want to have to paint it!

[John S]

Several years ago, two people (each not knowing the other one) hired cars from the same car-rental place here in Hull. They drove down to the south coast and promptly crashed into each other.