After the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in 1963, Dixon publicized the fact that she had correctly predicted the event. In reality, Dixon had told "Parade" magazine in 1956 that the 1960 Presidential election would be won by a Democrat, and that the President would be assassinated or die in office, although not necessarily in his first term." Based on the history of the Presidency in the 20th Century up to that time, the odds against Dixon's prophecy being fulfilled were an unimpressive 7-3. Moreoever, when it was time to issue contemporaneous predictions for the 1960 Presidential contest, Dixon predicted Nixon as the winner and said flat out that JFK would not be elected. This illustrates how self-described and -ballyhooed modern Nostradamusii burnish their records by highlighting correct predictions and ignoring those that went awry.
