"Brother, be of good cheer. Before one winter shall pass, the chance will yet come to build our nation and drive the Americans from our land. If this should fail, then a curse shall be upon the Great Chief of the Americans, if they shall ever pick Harrison to lead them. His days in power shall be cut short. And for every twenty winters following, the days in power of the Great Chief which they shall select shall be cut short. Our people shall not be the instrument to shorten their time. Either the Great Spirit shall shorten their days or their own people shall shoot them. This is not all. Each contest to select their Great Chief shall be marked by sharp divisions within their nation. Within seven winters of each contest, there shall be a war among their people, either within their nation or with other nations, I know not which. Our people shall prosper only if they can avoid these wars. " http://www.geocities.com/statechurch/tehcumseh.htm

This is an ancient Indian curse, some say, administered by Tecumseh after he was defeated by William Henry Harrison at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811. (Harrison went on to become president in 1840). While others say, Tecumseh's mother pronounced the curse when Tecumseh died. And a third version, attributes it to his half brother Tenskwatawa (a medicine man), aka The Prophet.

1840 - William Henry Harrison was elected President. He died of pneumonia on April 4, 1841. The Mexican War broke out in 1846.

1860 - Abraham Lincoln was re-elected President. Lincoln was assassinated and died on April 15, 1865. Within months, war between the states broke out.

1880 - James Garfield was elected President. He was shot and led to his death on September 19, 1881. Battle of Little Bighorn started in 1876.

1900 - William McKinley was re-elected President. On September 6, 1901, McKinley was shot and died on September 14th. He died less than two years after the end of the Spanish-American War.

1920 - Warren G. Harding was elected President. He suffered from a stroke and died at the Palace Hotel on August 2, 1923. World War I ended two years before.

1940 - Franklin Roosevelt was elected President. He was re-elected in 1944. He died on April 12, 1945, of a cerebral hemorrhage. Since he was elected during one of his terms in a year that ended with a zero, he is considered part of Tecumseh's curse. America entered World War II on December 7, 1941

1960 - John F. Kennedy became President. Kennedy was assassinated on November 22 1963. The U.S. entered the Vietnam War less than two years later.

1980 - Ronald Reagan was elected President. On March 30, 1981, John Hinckley attempted to assassinate Reagan in Washington, D.C. The President was shot but was able to survive with quick medical attention.

2000 - George W. Bush was elected President.

It is widely believed that with the survival of Reagan in 1981, the curse has been broken.
Bull shit? Or supernatural? You decide!