sidster
08-13-2008, 11:32 PM
Today (Aug 13th) was the International Day for Left-Handed
People. I heard this over the radio and thought it was a joke,
but it seems to be real enough :P
Now, did you ever think about the fact that we have had so
many US Presidents who have been left-handed? Doesn't it
seem a bit odd that this is true?
About 10 % of the general population is left-handed. But
why is it that so many US Presidents have been left-handed.
Six out of 12 since WWII have been (will be) left-handed:
Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W.
Bush, William Clinton and either Obama or McCain.
Here is a list of left-handed U.S. Presidents (source (http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/left.html#U.S.%20Presidents))
James A. Garfield (20th)
Herbert Hoover (31st)
Harry S. Truman (33rd)
Gerald Ford (38th)
Ronald Reagan (40th)
George H.W. Bush (41st)
Bill Clinton (42nd)
? Barack Obama or John McCain (44th) ?
People. I heard this over the radio and thought it was a joke,
but it seems to be real enough :P
Now, did you ever think about the fact that we have had so
many US Presidents who have been left-handed? Doesn't it
seem a bit odd that this is true?
About 10 % of the general population is left-handed. But
why is it that so many US Presidents have been left-handed.
Six out of 12 since WWII have been (will be) left-handed:
Harry Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W.
Bush, William Clinton and either Obama or McCain.
Here is a list of left-handed U.S. Presidents (source (http://www.indiana.edu/~primate/left.html#U.S.%20Presidents))
James A. Garfield (20th)
Herbert Hoover (31st)
Harry S. Truman (33rd)
Gerald Ford (38th)
Ronald Reagan (40th)
George H.W. Bush (41st)
Bill Clinton (42nd)
? Barack Obama or John McCain (44th) ?