Quote Originally Posted by Breukelen advocaat
Nah, it's all just coincidental. There are similar legends regarding the Lincoln and Kennedy assassinations, and other historical events.

Snopes has a page about this one:
snopes.com: Yo Duh
Yeah it reminds me of The Bible Code thing. I remember on the History Channel they picked a random book (Moby Dick) and "magically" found a whole shit load of messages and number patterns that could be considered religious and important.

I call coincidence.