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HISTORICAL COINCIDENCES THAT ARE ALMOST HARD TO BELIEVE

Added on: 1st Nov 2015

 

THE START OF WORLD WAR I

Historical coincidences

We all know that the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand started the war,

but did you know that the actual assassination attempt failed? The bomb

blew up the car behind his. When his car took a different route, however,

they ended up driving right by one of the assassins who had stopped

to buy a sandwich.

 

 

FAILED MONGOL INVASION OF JAPAN

Historical coincidences

Although they could have invaded twice, they were turned back by

a typhoon both times.

 

 

LEWIS AND CLARK GET THEIR HORSES

Historical coincidences

Their guide, Sacagawea, was interpreting for them in order for them to

procure horses. The local Indians, however, didn’t trust them.

In the middle of the talks though, she realized that the chief was her

long lost brother (she had been kidnapped by a neighbouring tribe as a child)

and broke down crying. Lewis and Clark got their horses.

 

 

ABRAHAM LINCOLN AND JOHN F. KENNEDY

Historical coincidences

Although the original Lincoln/Kennedy email that people found in their

spam folder contained numerous false facts there were a few that are

still true and indisputably interesting. Lincoln was elected to congress

in 1846, Kennedy in 1946. Lincoln became president in 1860,

Kennedy in 1960 (though sworn in 1961). And both were eventually

 shot in the head on a Friday.

 

 

ANDREW JACKSON'S LUCK

Historical coincidences

Unlike Lincoln and Kennedy, Andrew Jackson was a bit luckier.

When an unemployed painter named Richard Lawrence tried to shoot

Jackson, his gun wouldn’t fire. The 67 year old president began to beat

his would-be assassin with a cane during which the assassin pulled out

another gun. This gun also misfired and the disgruntled painter

was dragged away.

 

 

A BYSTANDER'S BAD LUCK

Robert Todd Lincoln

On the topic of presidential assassinations, Abraham Lincoln’s son 

Robert Todd Lincoln was by his father’s side as he passed away.

He then went on to witness the assassination of President James Garfield.

20 years later, in 1901, President William McKinley invited him to the

Pan-American exposition in New York and on that day President McKinley

was also assassinated. Robert decided to decline any presidential

invitations from that day forth.

 

 

WAVE VS PARTICLE

Historical coincidences

In 1906 JJ Thompson won the Nobel Prize in Physics for proving that

the electron was a particle. In 1937 his son, George Thompson,

won the Nobel Prize for proving that it was a wave.

 

 

THE PAPERBOY AND THE SPY

Historical coincidences

Russian spies used to use hollow coins to pass messages to each other

in the US and one of these coins made it into circulation. One day a

paperboy dropped the coin and it split open revealing its coded contents.

The code baffled the FBI and CIA until a Russian spy defected to the US

and interpreted the note. It was a welcome message from Moscow

and it was intended for him.

 

 

THE ANNE HATHAWAYS

Historical coincidences

Anne Hathaway’s (the actress) husband bears a strong resemblance to

William Shakespeare. William Shakespeare had a wife named

Anne Hathaway.

 


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