The Zero Factor is also known as Tecumseh's Curse. You might have learned about it in history class, but just in case you didn't, here's the background:
Tecumseh was the leader of the last big Indian uprising. Basically, he tried to unite all the Indian tribes as one confederation with himself as the leader. In the end Tecumseh failed, but he placed a "curse" that every President who was elected in a year ending in zero would die in office.
I don't really believe in curse, but I do find the following information interesting.
1840: William Harrison - died of pneumonia
1860: Abraham Lincoln - assassinated
1880: James Garfield - assassinated
1900: William McKinley - assassinated
1920: Warren Harding - died of a stroke in 1923
1940: Franklin Roosevelt - died of cerebral hemorrhage
1960: John F. Kennedy - assassinated
1980: Ronald Reagan- shot but not killed
Weird, eh?
1 comment:
oh i remember reading about that in history! Bush must have "broken the curse" lol
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