April 15th Great Tragedies...

Chad said:
ON THIS DAY: 15th of April:

- Death of Abraham Lincoln
- Sinking of the Titanic
- Boston Marathon bombings
- Notre Dame Cathedral Fire

Strange isn’t it? Your thoughts?
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I think there are only so many days in the year so that you can find many historical events on each day of the year if you go back far enough.

Quantrill
 
I consider here of how one chooses to react to suffering.( 1 Peter 4:7-19) Does one entrust their souls to a faithful creator in doing what is right? Or do they fail the test?( verse 12) It sure is not easy being us! It is rather sad though how so many bad things seemed to happen on certain days!!
 
you want to see something really strange the similarities between Lincoln and kennedy

Lincoln–Kennedy coincidences urban legend - Wikipedia

The list[edit]
An example of the list is presented here for illustration. Some urban folklorists have postulated that the list provided a way for people to make sense of two tragic events in American history by seeking out patterns.[5] Gardner and others have said that it is relatively easy to find seemingly meaningful patterns relating any two people or events.

  • Both presidents were elected to the presidency in '60.
  • Both presidents were elected to the House of Representatives in '46.
  • Both were runners-up for the party's nomination for vice-president in '56.
  • Both assassins were born in '39.
  • Both successors were Southern Democrats named Johnson born in '08.
  • Both presidents were concerned with the problems of American blacks and made their view strongly known in '63. Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862, which became law in 1863. In 1963, Kennedy presented his reports to Congress on Civil Rights, and the same year was the famous March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom.
  • Both presidents were shot in the head.
  • Both presidents were shot on a Friday.
  • Lincoln was shot at Ford's Theatre. Kennedy was shot in a Ford car; a Lincoln limousine.
  • Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to the theatre. Kennedy had a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln (whose husband Harold's nickname was Abe), and she warned him not to go to Dallas.
  • Both Oswald and Booth were assassinated before they could be put on trial.
  • Lincoln and Kennedy each have 7 letters.
  • John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald each have 15 letters.
  • There are 6 letters in each Johnson's first name.
  • Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and hid in a warehouse, while Oswald shot Kennedy in a warehouse and hid in a theater.
Most of the items above are true, such as the year in which Lincoln and Kennedy were each elected President, but this is not so unusual given that Presidential elections are held only every four years. A few of the items are simply untrue; there is no record to show that Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy; Lincoln's secretaries were John Hay and John G. Nicolay.[5] However, Lincoln's bodyguard, William H. Crook did advise Lincoln not to go that night to Ford's Theatre.[6][7]
 
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