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This has been around, but it's still funny.

Chad

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Well, actually the President probably will die...Dick Chenny ain't gonna
last 4 years!


> > > What happens when a president gets elected in a year
> > > with a "0" 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 (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
> > > >
> > > You might 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 their 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 the theater named 'Ford.'

Kennedy was shot in a car called '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 with Marilyn
> > > Monroe.
> > > >
> > > Creepy, huh?
Send this to as many people as you can,
> > > cause, Hey, this is one
> > > history lesson people don't mind reading
 

wyvrn

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I think it is pretty cool. I am not that superstitious but it is interesting to see the similarities.
 

KBrinks

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that is tooooo smilar to just throw aside... it's as if lincon died and came back as kennedy.. or some sort of time traveler pulled off both stunts :p