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From 1840 to 2000, every President of the United States elected in a year ending in zero has died in office [or had an attempt made on his life]. "Astrologers theorize that the 'zero factor' has to do with the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn which meet every twenty years on the same degree of the zodiac."1
| PRESIDENT | DATE ELECTED | DATE DIED | CAUSE OF DEATH |
|---|---|---|---|
| William Henry Harrison | 1840 | April 4, 1841 | pneumonia |
| Abraham Lincoln | 1860 | April 15, 1865 | assassinated |
| James Abram Garfield | 1880 | September 19,1881 | assassinated |
| William McKinley | 1900 | September 14, 1901 | assassinated |
| Warren Gamaliel Harding | 1920 | August 2, 1923 | stroke |
| Franklin Delano Roosevelt | 1940 | April 12, 1945 | cerebral hemorrhage |
| John Fitzgerald Kennedy | 1960 | November 22, 1963 | assassinated |
Note: President Ronald Wilson Reagan, elected in 1980, survived an assassination attempt on 3-30-81.
1 BARC Notes
Sources:
Worth, Fred L. Trivia Encyclopedia. Brooke House. 1974.
BARC Notes, September 1980, Number 107
Verified by: CM, 10/01
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