30. Lincoln Dreamed Of His Death
Abraham Lincoln was always interested in dreams and often wrote of the meaning of his dreams in letters. Days before his own death, Abraham Lincoln had a dream that he walked into the East Room of the White House and saw a corpse which was protected by guards. Upon further investigation, Lincoln saw himself lying in the casket to which he heard that an assassin took the president’s life. Lincoln’s former law partner and bodyguard, William Hill Lammon, told this story.