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This Rare Friday the 13th

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the paraskavedekatriaphobes-unite dept.

Juha-Matti Laurio writes to point out a Washington Times story about how special this particular Friday the 13th is. The digits in the numerical notation for the date add up to 13 — whether you write it in the US or the European form. From the article: "The phenomenon hasn't happened in 476 years, said Heinrich Hemme, a physicist at Germany's University of Aachen who crunched the numbers to find that the double-whammy last occurred Jan. 13, 1520."

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  1. Um.. not so phenomenal? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    Hasn't anyone noticed by now that this year, there was a Friday the 13th in January, which has the exact same digits as today? (01/13/2006 vs 10/13/2006)
    Meaning.. this phenomenon has happened within the last year?