July 4, 2005

trivia

Happy 4th o' July. Here is a little Independance Day trivia for ya. Only two people who signed the Decleration of Independence subsequently became president. They were John Adams and Thomas Jefferson. Amazingly, both Adams and Jefferson died on the same same exact day. That day was July 4th, 1826. In one of the most incredible occurances in US history they both died on the 50th anniversary of the original Independence Day. John Adams last words were "Thomas Jefferson still survives." Ironically, he was incorrect, as Jefferson had passed away several hours earlier. If you wanna learn more about this, and other facts of the era, I strongly recomend reading either 1776 or John Adams both by David McCullough.

Comments

4 comments have been posted.

Anonymous

Posted on July 4, 2005 at 4:53 PM

conspiracy! oliver stone needs to make this movie.

Av http://souperavram.blogspot.com

Posted on July 7, 2005 at 12:11 PM

That's a great idea for an Oliver Stone movie. Died on the 4th of July. It would be a prequel to his movie Born on the 4th of July.

Novs http://slothb77.blogspot.com

Posted on July 7, 2005 at 4:43 PM

So I was talking to this teacher babe out this past weekend. She said she was a history teacher. I asked her if she had heard of David McCullough. Nope. I forgot what school she taught at.