Friday the 13'th

On Friday I am going to a lock-in with Ryan, and I noticed it was on Friday the 13. Why is it unlucky?

This is what I found out. Friday the 13 is a day donned to be unlucky. The fear of this day is Paraskevidekatriaphobics.The fear of the number 13 is called triskaidekaphobia.One theory says that Friday was unlucky and so was 13 thus Friday the 13 is ultra unlucky.

I found that several things have happened on Friday the 13. In 1307 King Richard arrested the Knights of Templar on Friday 13. In 1733 22 ships left Cuba on Friday the 13th. They met a hurricane and turned back. Only 4 ships survived. In 1972 there was a plane crash in the Andes with a rugby team on it. It crashed on Friday the 13th. Later a movie was made out of this. In 2004, a hurricane named Charlie hit Florida on Friday the 13.

Some things are released on Friday the 13 for effect. Resident Evil 5 was released on Friday March 13, 2009. And four of the jason movies were released on this date. But it is safer to drive on Friday the 13 because less people go out on the roads, kinda hypocritical, but whatever. Click for more info.