July 13, 2007

Friday the 13th

  • The 13th day of a month is more likely to fall on a Friday than on any other day.
  • In each 400-year cycle of the Gregorian calendar, 170 years have one Friday the 13th, 171 have two, and 59 have three.
  • It is impossible to have a year with no Friday the 13th or a year with four or more Fridays the 13th.
  • When there are three Fridays the 13th in a year, they occur in February, March and November except in leap years.
  • In leap years, they occur in January, April and July.
  • When there is only one Friday the 13th in a year, it falls either in May, June, August or October.

3 comments:

Tina said...

Silly superstitions.

They were fun when I was, what, 10?

Unknown said...

Confused. Um, these are facts?

Tina said...

I just meant the only reason anyone pays attention to Friday the 13th (vs. Friday the 10th, Monday the 16th, etc.) is because it's supposed to be unlucky.

That's a superstition.

No biggie.