Crazy Things That Happened On Friday The 13th

Very Superstitious: Crazy Things That Happened On Friday The 13th

1972 Andes Flight Disaster

October 13th, 1972

Forty-five people associated with a Uruguayan rugby union team went through hell for more than two months before being rescued. Only sixteen of them survived.

Costa Concordia Cruise

January 13, 2012

A ship much bigger than the Titanic hit a rock and capsized, killing thirty-two people in the process.

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Tupac Shakur Passes Away

September 13, 1996

After being shot multiple times in Vegas on September 7, Pac succumbed to his injuries on that dreadful, unlucky day.

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Al Capone Goes Down

March 13, 1931

The legendary gangster was too good at being at gangster so the government had to play another game. They indicted him on a charge of income tax evasion. He served eight years in prison and died several years later due to poor health.

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Kid Thunder

August 13, 2010

During the Lowestoft Seafront Air Festival, a 13-year-old boy was struck by lightning at 13:13 on August 13–and survived. It sounds unreal but it was reported as fact.

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KKK Grand Wizard Nathan Bedford Forrest Born

July 13th, 1821

Although you can’t predict the future, one of the biggest purveyors of hate arrived into the world in the early 1800s.

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Stock Exchange Crashes

October 13th, 1989

The Friday the 13th mini-crash (also known as Black Friday to many who experienced it) ranks as the eighth biggest point loss the Dow Jones Industrial Average ever endured.

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Kansas Submerged In Water

July 13, 1951

A record-breaking flood engulfed the Midwest, killing 24 people and recording $760 million in damages in the process.

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Another Plane Crash

October 13th, 1972

On the very same day as the Andes Flight Disaster, a plane traveling from Paris to Moscow killed 174 people.

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Nazis Destroy Buckingham Palace

September 13, 1940

And it wasn’t pretty.

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Australian Black Friday Fires

January 13, 1939

Five different areas across the continent broke out making it one of the worst days in the culture history.

Buffalo Gets 22 Inches Of Snow…In Fall

October 13, 2006

Known as Lake Storm “Aphid”, the New York town was caught off guard from the terrible conditions that weren’t expected for a few more weeks.

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Running From The Bank With Your Woes

The unofficial holiday and struck unnecessary fear into us Yankees. According to National Geographic, it’s been estimated that United States loses $800 or $900 million every time this day comes around.