John Adams and Thomas Jefferson died within hours of each other on 4th July, 1826. Both men were of great age, particularly for the time, so their deaths could not have been unexpected. Yet, for the second and third presidents of the USA to both …
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Jackie Onassis had premonitions that J.F.K. Jr. would be killed in his own aircraft and restrained him from obtaining a pilot’s licence[1]. Nevertheless, following the death of his mother, Kennedy, who had long dreamt of flying, commenced pilot training and acquired his licence in 1998. …
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The Curse of Tippecanoe is the name given to a freakish pattern of presidential deaths. From William Henry Harrison to John F Kennedy, every president elected on a score year (a year divisible by twenty) died in office. Tippecanoe was a nickname given to Harrison, …
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It’s unlikely anyone ever heard George Washington say, “I cannot tell a lie”. If he did say it, he was lying. Ironically, disinformation was Washington’s superpower. Without his sophisticated intelligence gathering strategies and the seeding of disinformation, it’s very likely that the American Revolution would have …
During his days as a soldier and general, Bulletproof George Washington looked near certain death in the face on many occasions and always emerged unscathed. This was most obvious at the battles of Monongahela and Princeton. In 1755, Washington fought with British and Colonial forces against French …
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The seventh president the United States had a temper described as volcanic, and the Andrew Jackson duels have become the stuff of legend. By some estimates, Jackson participated in, or challenged men to, as many as one hundred duels. He is the only president know …
On the night of his assassination, the legislation that created the United States Secret Service lay on President Lincoln’s desk. You may be surprised to learn that the history between Abraham Lincoln and the Secret Service did not end there. It followed the slain president …
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Many of us have a strange tales to tell, stories of uncanny coincidences or premonitions. Yet, US presidents are more likely to find themselves enmeshed in weird and ironic circumstances. They live anomalous lives and are no strangers to the bizarre. Enjoy our list of …
Alec Guinness and James Dean met by chance in September 1955. Guinness would later claim that he had a premonition that the young actor would be killed in his Porsche 550 Spyder and that he’d cautioned Dean not to get into the car, warning him …
“I don’t think there will be a woman Prime Minister in my lifetime.” This was the belief expressed by the soon-to-be Iron Lady, Margaret Thatcher, during a BBC interview aired on March 7th, 1973. When pressed on whether she would like to be Prime Minister, …
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