Neil Peart
02-11-2008, 06:22 PM
In 1840, William Henry Harrison was elected President of the United States. He died of pneumonia on April 4, 1841.
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 and died the next day.
In 1880, James Abram Garfield was elected President. He was shot by Charles Julius Guiteau on July 2, 1881, and died on September 19 from blood poisoning resulting from medical negligence in treating the wound.
In 1900, William McKinley, Jr., was elected to a second term as President. He was shot by Leon Frank Czolgosz on September 6, 1901, and died eight days later of gangrene resulting from the wounds.
In 1920, Warren Gamaliel Harding was elected President. He died of a heart attack on August 2, 1923, and rumors persist to this day that he was actually poisoned by his wife.
In 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to a third term as President. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, 1945.
In 1960, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President. He was assassinated when he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963.
In 1980, Ronald Wilson Reagan was elected President. He was shot by John Warnock Hinckley, Jr., on March 30, 1981, but survived.
Some superstitious people believe that Reagan's survival broke a curse, and were it not for Reagan's survival, Dubya would likely be the next victim of the curse.
In 1860, Abraham Lincoln was elected President. He was shot by John Wilkes Booth on April 14, 1865 and died the next day.
In 1880, James Abram Garfield was elected President. He was shot by Charles Julius Guiteau on July 2, 1881, and died on September 19 from blood poisoning resulting from medical negligence in treating the wound.
In 1900, William McKinley, Jr., was elected to a second term as President. He was shot by Leon Frank Czolgosz on September 6, 1901, and died eight days later of gangrene resulting from the wounds.
In 1920, Warren Gamaliel Harding was elected President. He died of a heart attack on August 2, 1923, and rumors persist to this day that he was actually poisoned by his wife.
In 1940, Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected to a third term as President. He died of a cerebral hemorrhage on April 12, 1945.
In 1960, John Fitzgerald Kennedy was elected President. He was assassinated when he was shot by Lee Harvey Oswald on November 22, 1963.
In 1980, Ronald Wilson Reagan was elected President. He was shot by John Warnock Hinckley, Jr., on March 30, 1981, but survived.
Some superstitious people believe that Reagan's survival broke a curse, and were it not for Reagan's survival, Dubya would likely be the next victim of the curse.