Thomas Jefferson and John Adams — two of America's most influential Founding Fathers, political rivals, and later lifelong correspondents.
Both men died on the exact same day: July 4th, 1826 — exactly 50 years to the day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence that they both helped draft.
Adams' last words on his deathbed were 'Thomas Jefferson survives', unaware that Jefferson had passed away just a few hours earlier in Virginia.
Also, Mark Twain was born in 1835 on the year Halley's Comet appeared. In 1909 he predicted: 'I came in with Halley's Comet, and I expect to go out with it.' He died on April 21, 1910, the exact day following the comet's perihelion.
Both men died on the exact same day: July 4th, 1826 — exactly 50 years to the day after the signing of the Declaration of Independence that they both helped draft.
Adams' last words on his deathbed were 'Thomas Jefferson survives', unaware that Jefferson had passed away just a few hours earlier in Virginia.