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Old 07-11-2002, 09:57 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Post History 101

> > History 101

> > > > Look what happens when a President gets elected in a year with a
"O" at the end. Also notice it goes in increments of 20 years.
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 (dies in office)
> > > > 1960: John F. Kennedy (assassinated)
> > > > 1980: Ronald Reagan (survived assassination attempt)
> > > > 2000: George W. Bush ????????????


> > > > You might also be interested in this.
> > > >
> > > > 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 their children 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.
> > > >
> > > > Creepy huh? Send this on, cause:
> > > > Hey, this is one history lesson people don't mind reading...?
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