Tecumseh's curse

The term Tecumseh's curse or zero year curse is sometimes used to describe a chain of events that began with the death of United States President William Henry Harrison from pneumonia. Commonly attributed to Indian chief Tecumseh (and sometimes to his brother Tenskwatawa, aka The Prophet, who was defeated in the Battle of Tippecanoe by Harrison), the "curse" is said to have proclaimed the death of all presidents elected every 20 years. Some versions of the story indicate that Tecumseh's mother pronounced the curse when Tecumseh died. The coincidental twenty-year pattern was noted in a Ripley's Believe It or Not book published in 1934.

Related Topics:
United States - President - William Henry Harrison - Pneumonia - Tecumseh - Tenskwatawa - The Prophet - Battle of Tippecanoe - Curse - Ripley's Believe It or Not - 1934

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~