Every year, one to three days fall on Friday, the 13th. Someone sincerely considers this combination a bad sign and tries not to go outside on such days. In world history, if desired, you can find many events occurring on such dates, including quite positive ones.
Until the twentieth century
On October 13, 1307, by order of King Philip IV of France, they arrested, tortured, and then executed several hundred Templar knights. They were accused of idolatry and heresy.
On August 13, 1521, Hernan Cortes captured the Aztec ruler Kuautemok from Tenochtitlan. The city was declared owned by Spain and was named Mexico City. This event was the "beginning of the end" for the great Aztec state.
On February 13, 1633, Galileo Galilei arrived in Rome to stand trial before the Inquisition.
In the twentieth century
On December 13, 1907, the largest in its class seven-masted schooner Thomas W. Lawson crashed onto rocks. Interestingly, the ship owed this name to the name of the famous writer - the author of the book "Friday the Thirteenth."
The famous Chicago gangster Al Capone was finally arrested on Friday July 13, 1931.
On September 13, 1940, Hitler Aviation dropped five bombs on Buckingham Palace as part of the London Blitz plan. At the same time, the palace chapel was destroyed.
On November 13, 1942, a naval battle for Guadalcanal took place, culminating in the defeat of the Allied forces. The historical battle was called the Battle of Friday the 13th.
On June 13, 1952, the Swedish DC-3 military aircraft, carrying eight people, disappeared in the international waters of the Baltic Sea.
On July 13, 1956, the authorities of Great Britain and the United States of America rejected the demands of Yugoslavia and India to stop testing nuclear weapons in the atmosphere.
On November 13, 1970, a storm of incredible power swept over Bangladesh. As a result, killed more than 300 thousand residents of Chittagong.
February 13, 1940 Mikhail Bulgakov completed work on the main work of his life - the novel "The Master and Margarita."
On October 13, 1972, a plane crash occurred in the Andes - the FH-227 plane crashed, carrying 45 people on board. More than a quarter of passengers died immediately, others later from starvation, cold, wounds and natural disasters. People were forced to eat the frozen bodies of their dead comrades. Survivors were found only after 72 days. They managed to save 16 people.
On January 13, 1989, hundreds of computers in the UK were attacked by the Friday the 13th virus. The virus that destroyed the program files caused a real panic in the country.
