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John Adams, 2nd president, and Thomas Jefferson, 3rd president, both died on July 4, 1826, the 50th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence.

This story of their dying so closely together is one of the most interesting stories in early US history.

They died within hours of each other. Their productive lives were a study in conceptual contrasts: they did not think the same, and yet they both made major contributions to the US history and character.

Their stories are a study of notions about the time that people choose to die, (that people under certain circumstances, can CHOOSE when they are to die.) Much research suggests that, at a certain time, in human lives, people can control the time of their own deaths.

In Adams' and Jefferson's cases, both of them saw the Fourth of July as profoundly critical to their entire lives; 50 years later after the first 4th of July, they died.

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Also, James Monroe, 5th president, died on July 4th, 1831

my comments: Aspire always to a great life, great love, great work, great faith, and devote every ounce of your energy to a cause greater than yourself.