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The Strangest Historical Coincidences That Will Surprising You

Surprises abound in life, but certain coincidences are so remarkable that they reject reason and appear virtually imaginary. It is clear from these past stories how unusual and connected to the universe seems to be. Let’s examine a few of the most stunning coincidences ever documented.

1. The Two individuals/ Strangers on Different Continents

Two men named Jim Lewis and Jim Springer were reunited at the age of 39 in the 1970s after being adopted by different families and separated at birth. Their similarity was impacting, regardless of both spent whole lives separately. Both were given the name James by their adoptive parents, who later divorced them and remarried Betty then married Linda.

2. The Deaths at Hoover Dam

Many unfortunate mishaps occurred during the Hoover Dam’s construction, but two deaths stand out because of their uncanny link. On December 20, 1922, a man by the name of J.G. Tierney drowned while surveying the dam site, marking the first tragedy. On that same day, precisely 13 years later, J.G. Tierney’s son Patrick Tierney passed away. An almost magical quality was added to the history of the dam by this tragic coincidence.

Their dogs were named Toy, and they each had a kid named James Alan. Their hobbies and professional trajectories were quite similar, demonstrating the surprising ways in which fate and heredity can interact.

3. The Story of the Titanic and the Titan Wreck

Author Morgan Robertson wrote a book called Futility, or the Wreck of the Titan, in 1898, fourteen years before the Titanic went down. The novel recounted the Titan’s first trip, during which the “unsinkable” luxury liner collided with an iceberg.

A “unsinkable” luxury ship named the Titan sank in the North Atlantic after colliding with a block of ice during its inaugural trip, as detailed in the book. Astonishing parallels exist between the fictitious Titan and the actual Titanic, including the ship’s size and the absence of lifeboats. Many debated the possibility that Robertson’s work was a terrifying foreshadowing or just a coincidence.

. Two Rescues of the Falling Baby

During the 1930s, a man called Joseph Figlock, who happened to be walking by, retrieved an infant that had fallen from a second-story window in Detroit. It is noteworthy that Figlock, who was walking below, saved the youngster who had fallen from the same window a year later. The fact that both escaped without suffering any major injuries left people in awe of the likelihood that such an incident would occur twice.

5. The Lincoln and Kennedy Assassination Coincidences

It’s almost uncanny how similar the assassinations of John F. Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln are. Sitting next to their wives on a Friday, both were shot. Kennedy was assassinated in one of Ford’s Lincoln cars, and Lincoln was shot in Ford’s theater. Both of their successors were Southern Democrats with the same name. John Wilkes Booth and Lee Harvey Oswald, their assassins, even had names made up of fifteen letters. The ongoing coincidences feed countless conjectures and conspiracy theories.

6. The Odd Lottery Victory

Australian Bill Morgan was saved from a near-fatal heart attack in 2002. He was declared clinically dead for 14 minutes before being brought back to life. His second chance at life was celebrated by purchasing a scratch-off lottery ticket and winning a $17,000 automobile. After being requested to reenact purchasing the ticket for a story by a news crew, he purchased another one and won $250,000. This amazing bit of luck garnered international attention.

7. The “Unsinkable Sam’s” Curse

A cat named Unsinkable Sam survived three ships during World War II. Initially, he was on board the German battleship Bismarck when it went down. Following his British rescue, he served aboard the torpedoed and lost HMS Cossack. Ultimately, he was moved to the sinking HMS Ark Royal. Since Sam consistently survived these catastrophes, many people think he was both extremely fortunate and cursed.

8. The Enigmatizing Relationships Between Halley’s Comet and Mark Twain

Born in 1835, the year Halley’s Comet left Earth, Mark Twain is renowned for having prophesied that he would perish upon its return. As promised, he died the day following the comet’s closest encounter in 1910. It is perhaps one of the most poetic coincidences in history that Twain was associated with this cosmic phenomena.

9. The Brothers in Finland Died the Same Way

Two hours apart in 2002, two brothers in Finland lost their lives in different accidents on the same section of road. On his bike, the first brother was struck by a lorry. His brother was murdered by another truck on the same road later that day, although he was not informed of the tragedy. The police observed that the likelihood of such an occurrence was almost impossible to calculate.

10. Edgar Allan Poe’s Time-Traveling Tale: An Intriguing Case

In his 1838 book The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket, Edgar Allan Poe told the tale of four shipwreck survivors who were left adrift at sea. They turned to cannibalism, choosing the sacrificee by drawing lots. A similar situation occurred in an actual shipwreck decades later. Richard Parker, a survivor, was consumed by his fellow crew members, who shared the same name as the imaginary victim in Poe’s book.