This President gave his inaugural address in a downpour with no hat, coat, or gloves and died of pneumonia after only 31 days in office.
William Henry Harrison
100
This U.S. President was shot in the head while riding in a convertible in Dallas, Texas in 1963.
John F. Kennedy
100
This U.S. President got stuck in the White House bathtub.
William Howard Taft
100
This president resigned before an impeachment trial could begin after his role in covering up the Watergate break-in was revealed.
Richard M. Nixon
100
In 1872, she voted in the presidential election and was arrested and fined $100 for voting illegally. (She refused to pay the fine.)
Susan B. Anthony
200
First emperor of China who died from drinking a "health" drink of mercury and arsenic prescribed by his doctors.
Qin Shihuangdi
200
Dictator/general of Rome who was stabbed to death by his friends on the Ides of March.
Julius Caesar
200
This president was afraid of electricity and refused to touch light switches.
Benjamin Harrison
200
Wealthy English financial supporter of the Tut dig, he died unexpectly of a mosquito bite.
Lord Carnavon
200
French queen who had the misfortune of marrying Louis XVI and eventually being beheaded.
Marie Antoinette
300
This President was bled to death by his doctors as treatment for "inflammatory quinsy."
George Washington
300
This great leader never finished his goal of conquering the world because he died suddenly around the age of 32.
Alexander the Great
300
Greek philosopher who was forced to drink poisonous hemlock because he had corrupted Athenian youths.
Socrates
300
This president was undone by his corrupt friends. His administration is remembered for corruption and scandals, such as the Teapot Dome Scandal.
Warren G. Harding
300
Clever Egyptian queen who committed suicide by purposely being bitten by a poisonous snake.
Cleopatra
400
She was prone to violent headaches and sudden blackouts as a result of a two-pound lead weight being thrown at her head by a slave owner.
Harriet Tubman
400
Legendary Philistine warrior who was killed easily (by David) with a slingshot.
Goliath
400
The president who ended World War II by dropping bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Harry S. Truman
400
What is Tecumseh's Curse or the Curse of Tippecanoe and who was the first president to survive it?
Presidents elected in a year ending in zero have all died in office-- up to President Reagan.
400
This lady with an ax gave her family 40 whacks.
Lizzie Borden
500
Current theory points to the cause of this ancient ruler's death being a result of a leg infection rather than assassination.
King Tut
500
The assassination of this royal visitor (and his wife) started World War I.
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
500
What Trojan War hero had a series of unfortunate events including being lost for 20 years, having his sailors eaten by a one-eyed giant, and his men turned into pigs by a sorceress.
Ulysses
500
Handsome Greek prince who ran off with Helen (already married) which started the Trojan War. He was eventually killed.
Paris
500
This national heroine freed France from English rule and was eventually burned at the stake for witchcraft and heresy.