Just an idle thought

[gemfyre]

The U.S. is overdue for another presidential assasination...

Comments

[sternenglanz.livejournal.com]

It's a twenty-year cycle. Presidents elected in a year ending in 0 have a history of dying while in office.

William Henry Harrison - Elected 1840; died of pneumonia on April 4, 1841.
Abraham Lincoln - Elected 1860; assassinated on April 16, 1865.
James Garfield - Elected 1880; assassinated on September 19, 1881.
William McKinley - Elected 1900; assassinated on September 14, 1901.
Warren G. Harding - Elected 1920; died of a stroke on August 2, 1923.
Franklin D. Roosevelt - Elected 1940; died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, 1945.
John F. Kennedy - Elected 1960; assassinated on November 22, 1963.
Ronald Reagan - Elected 1980; survived assassination attempt on March 30, 1981.
George W. Bush - Named president 2000; choked on pretzel on January 13, 2002?

[abigail-always.livejournal.com]

Oh yes, the pretzel of infamy.

[blue-cat.livejournal.com]

Hum, I checked wikipedia and the election years were not actually -0's.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/blue_cat/399942.html

where did you get your dates from? I'll have alook at mine.