Friday the 13th has long been viewed as bad luck, but do bad things really happen more often on those days?
Here's a look at 13 eventsΒ β good, bad and otherwiseΒ β that have occurred on a Friday the 13th.
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13 events that took place on Friday the 13th
Nov. 13, 2015: Series of terrorist attacks hit Paris
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Jan. 13, 2012: The Costa Concordia runs aground
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Oct. 13, 2006: New York gets bizarre fall storm
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Aug. 13, 2004: The Olympics return to Athens
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Sept. 13, 1996: Tupac Shakur dies
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Oct. 13, 1972: Flight 571 crashes in the Andes
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Nov. 13, 1970: Bhola cyclone dissipates
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March 13, 1964: Kitty Genovese is murdered in Queens
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Dec. 13, 1957: Steve Buscemi is born
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Sept. 13, 1940: German bombs hit Buckingham Palace
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Jan. 13, 1939: Black Friday bushfires
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July 13, 1821: Nathan Bedford Forrest is born
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Oct. 13, 1307: Philip IV arrests hundreds of the Knights Templar
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