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.
Silly superstitions.
ReplyDeleteThey were fun when I was, what, 10?
Confused. Um, these are facts?
ReplyDeleteI 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.
ReplyDeleteThat's a superstition.
No biggie.