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13 events that took place on Friday the 13th
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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.
Nov. 13, 2015: Series of terrorist attacks hit Paris
UpdatedJan. 13, 2012: The Costa Concordia runs aground
UpdatedOct. 13, 2006: New York gets bizarre fall storm
UpdatedAug. 13, 2004: The Olympics return to Athens
UpdatedSept. 13, 1996: Tupac Shakur dies
UpdatedOct. 13, 1972: Flight 571 crashes in the Andes
UpdatedNov. 13, 1970: Bhola cyclone dissipates
UpdatedMarch 13, 1964: Kitty Genovese is murdered in Queens
UpdatedDec. 13, 1957: Steve Buscemi is born
UpdatedSept. 13, 1940: German bombs hit Buckingham Palace
UpdatedJan. 13, 1939: Black Friday bushfires
UpdatedJuly 13, 1821: Nathan Bedford Forrest is born
UpdatedOct. 13, 1307: Philip IV arrests hundreds of the Knights Templar
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Airline ticket prices dip, your superstitious boss avoids important meetings, there's a small part of you that's just waiting for something weird to happen. But why are we like this?
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 events β good, bad and otherwise β that have occurred on a Friday the 13th.
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