Friday the 13th
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HAWAIIAN WORD OF THE DAY — Pomaikai: Luck PIDGIN WORD OF THE DAY — Nogut kas: Bad luck HAWAIIAN PROVERB OF THE DAY — “The host of gods are many, many.” HAOLE SAYING OF THE DAY — “The most superstitious times have always been those of the most horrible crimes.” (Voltaire) WEB SURF SPOTS OF THE WEEK — All World Clock WEB VIDEO OF THE WEEK — MSNBC - Meet the Press NETCAST OF THE WEEK — Podango’s Apple Phone Show GOOD DEED SITE OF THE WEEK — The Hunger SiteThe fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia.
Friday the 13th is considered a day of bad luck in many countries worldwide inclucing England, France Portugal, Brazil; Austria, Germany, Estonia, Finland, Holland, Belgium, Ireland, Poland, Bulgaria, Denmark; Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary and the Philippines.
The origins of this bad luck superstition are unclear. Many suggest it is because Christians have traditionally been wary of Fridays because Jesus was crucified on a Friday. Some theologians hold that Adam and Eve ate from the forbidden fruit on a Friday, and that the Great Flood began on a Friday. In the past, many Christians would never begin any new project or trip on a Friday, fearing they would be doomed from the start.
Others note that both Friday and the number 13 were once closely associated with capital punishment. In British tradition, Friday was the conventional day for public hangings, and there were supposedly 13 steps leading up to the noose.
EVENTS ON THIS DAY - June 13th
1798: Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California
1900: China’s Boxer Rebellion begins against foreigners and Christians
1927: Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to NYC
1966: Supreme Court’s Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
1967: Thurgood Marshall nominated as first African American Supreme Court justice
1994: An Anchorage Alaska jury blames recklessness by Exxon Corporation and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster
1798: Mission San Luis Rey de Francia founded in California
1900: China’s Boxer Rebellion begins against foreigners and Christians
1927: Ticker-tape parade welcomed Charles A Lindbergh to NYC
1966: Supreme Court’s Miranda decision; suspect must be informed of rights
1967: Thurgood Marshall nominated as first African American Supreme Court justice
1994: An Anchorage Alaska jury blames recklessness by Exxon Corporation and Captain Joseph Hazelwood for the Exxon Valdez disaster
1997: A jury votes unanimously to give Timothy McVeigh the death penalty for the Oklahoma City bombing
2000: Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981
2007: Insurgents blow up the two minarets of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra, Iraq, a year after the shrine’s golden dome was destroyed in a bombing
2000: Italy pardons Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turkish gunman who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981
2007: Insurgents blow up the two minarets of a revered Shiite shrine in Samarra, Iraq, a year after the shrine’s golden dome was destroyed in a bombing
BORN ON THIS DAY - June 13th
1831: James Clerk Maxwell, physicist,
1865: William Butler Yeats, poet
1892: Basil Rathbone, actor
1893: Dorothy L Sayers, novelist
1935: Christo, artist, wrapper
1943: Malcolm McDowell, actor
1951: Richard Thomas, actor
1953: Tim Allen, comedic actor
1962: Ally Sheedy, actress
1974: Steve-O, actor
1986: Ashley Olsen, twin actress
1986: Mary Kate Olsen, twin actress
1831: James Clerk Maxwell, physicist,
1865: William Butler Yeats, poet
1892: Basil Rathbone, actor
1893: Dorothy L Sayers, novelist
1935: Christo, artist, wrapper
1943: Malcolm McDowell, actor
1951: Richard Thomas, actor
1953: Tim Allen, comedic actor
1962: Ally Sheedy, actress
1974: Steve-O, actor
1986: Ashley Olsen, twin actress
1986: Mary Kate Olsen, twin actress
