From: utzoo!decvax!yale-com!brunix!gh Newsgroups: net.misc Title: Re: Is Reagan Fated To Die In Office? Article-I.D.: brunix.1507 Posted: Fri Feb 11 20:10:49 1983 Received: Sun Feb 13 02:18:42 1983 References: yale-com.867 Reagan is safe, then, because his term did not begin in 1980, but 1981. In fact, no president's term has ever begun in a year divisible by 20, which is just as well if what Robert DeBenedictis says is true. Nitpicking aside: It is true that every president *elected* in a year divisible by 20 has died in office since Harrison, in 1841. Jefferson (1800) and Monroe (1820) did not. Perhaps Reagan should commission a study to find out what their survival secret was! Graeme Hirst, Brown CS