Let me start the ball rolling by suggesting just one:
That the mighty Romans ultimately adopted and were completely transformed by the very religion whose followers they had persecuted for centuries.
2006-10-04 13:13:02 · 11 answers · asked by Seeker 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
History is written by the victorious.
2006-10-05 14:24:56 · answer #1 · answered by smitty 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A couple of points first.
1. The list of coincidences between the assassinations of Kennedy and Lincoln has been around for years. I am a Kennedy assassination scholar and unlike most individuals who post this list, I actually researched each one and found that not all of those listed above are correct.
a. Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to the theater.
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln who told him not to go to Dallas.
False. Lincoln had a lower-ranking member of his staff named Kennedy, but he was certainly not one of Lincoln's secretaries and he NEVEr warned him about not going to Ford's theater. Kennedy's secretary was named Evelyn Lincoln and she was one of MANY who felt Kennedy should not go to Dallas after U.N. Ambassador Adalai Stephenson was struck on the head with a protest placard the previous summer.
b. Both were shot in the back of the head in the presence of their wives.
False. Lincoln was shot to the side of his head near his left ear. The ball passed through his skull lodging behind Lincoln's right eye. Kennedy WAS shot in the back of the head.
c. Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse.
Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater.
False. Booth shot Kennedy in a theater and fled to a barn located on a farm in northern Virginia--not a warehouse. Oswald DID shoot Kennedy from the Texas School Book Depository and fled to the Texas Theater where he was apprehended later that afternoon.
Now for an historical irony: Hitler either killed or banished all the Jews he could from Nazi Germany including Albert Einstein. Later it was Albert Einstein's development of atomic fission and the early plans for an atomic bomb that led to an end to the war Hitler himself started.
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2006-10-04 20:42:11 · answer #2 · answered by Mr. Curious 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
Winston Churchill, was one of the best statesman the world had ever seen....smart and cleaver, and let us not forget he was a "senior citizen".
When England was faced with war, one of his most famous lines were.
"England has been offered a choice between war and shame.
She has chosen shame and will get war".
England, would never have survived, without her allies.
We all, have plenty be to proud and thankful for!
2006-10-04 21:34:27 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
The very last member of the Bonapart family died because of injuries he susstained after tripping over a dog leash. Not particularly ironic but funny as hell
2006-10-04 20:21:54 · answer #4 · answered by me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Christian community in Nagasaki were momentarily confused as to what was going on when their brothers in faith dropped #2 on their city, itself an alternate choice due to cloud cover over target #2. The Nagasaki Christian community was the largest in Japan, "fast tracking"?..."accelerated promotion"?
2006-10-05 00:42:15 · answer #5 · answered by heaton999 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
English national identity was established by their kings wishing to be kings of France.
If ever anyone looked like a Nazi caricature of a Jew it was Yasser Arafat.
2006-10-05 15:07:49 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thomas Jefferson and George Washington denounced slavery, yet they owned slaves at the same time.
2006-10-04 20:24:45 · answer #7 · answered by dolphinluver22000 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i'd like to focus on US history for a moment. the similarities between the assassinations of lincoln and jfk are pretty ironic.
check this out.
Lincoln was elected to Congress in 1846.
Kennedy was elected to Congress in 1946.
Lincoln was elected President in 1860.
Kennedy was elected President in 1960.
Lincoln's wife lost a child while living in the White House.
Kennedy's wife lost a child while living in the White House.
Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to the theater.
Kennedy had a secretary named Lincoln who told him not to go to Dallas.
Both were shot in the back of the head in the presence of their wives.
Lincoln shot in the Ford Theatre.
Kennedy shot in a Lincoln, made by Ford.
Both were shot on a Friday.
Lincoln's assassin, John Wilkes Booth, was known by three names, comprised of fifteen letters.
Kennedy's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, was known by three names, comprised of fifteen letters.
Booth shot Lincoln in a theater and fled to a warehouse.
Oswald shot Kennedy from a warehouse and fled to a theater.
Booth was killed before being brought to trial.
Oswald was killed before being brought to trial.
There were theories that Booth was part of a greater conspiracy.
There were theories that Oswald was part of a greater conspiracy.
Lincoln's successor was Andrew Johnson, born in 1808.
Kennedy's successor was Lyndon Johnson, born in 1908.
2006-10-04 20:26:54 · answer #8 · answered by - iceman - 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
that the roman senate killed Julius Caesar to save the republic but ended up with a monarchy anyway.
that America continues to underestimate the power of the Russian military and but gets their planes shot down
2006-10-04 20:16:39 · answer #9 · answered by gets flamed 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
It was Chamberlain, not Churchill, who bowed to fight the Germans in the streets.
2006-10-04 21:01:06 · answer #10 · answered by Frances K 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋