Historical Figures and Celebrities Who Died on the Same Day Throughout history, there have been numerous instances where famous historical figures and celebrities have died on the same day. Here we discuss a small but intriguing selection of them. John F. Kennedy, Aldous Huxley and C.S. Lewis: November 22, 1963 The assassination of John F. …
Did Morgan Robertson’s ‘Futility’ Predict the Titanic Disaster? In 1898, author Morgan Robertson published a novella called Futility (later republished as The Wreck of the Titan). Futility tells the tale of a purportedly unsinkable ocean liner – Titan – that hits an iceberg and sinks, killing most of its passengers. Futility seemed to have predicted the …
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Tsutomu ‘Lucky’ Yamaguchi: The Man Who Survived Both Atomic Bombs The Devastation Following the Atomic Bombing of Hiroshima Tsutomu ‘Lucky’ Yamaguchi was the man who survived both atomic bombs, first at Hiroshima and then at Nagasaki. He remains the only human being to have survived the detonation of two nuclear weapons. Yamaguchi lived in Nagasaki and …
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John Adams And Thomas Jefferson Died On The Same Day – July 4th, 1826 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 …
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The Curse of Tippecanoe (The 20 Year Presidential Curse) The Death of William Henry Harrison (1841) 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 …
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