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Friday th 13th is considered a day of bad luck in English, French and Portuguese - speaking countries around the world, as well as in Austria, Germany, Estonia, Finland, The Netherlands, Belgium, Republic o fIreland, Poland, Bulgaria, Denmark, Iceland, Sweden, Norway, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Humgary and the Philippines. Similar superstition exist in some other traditions. In Greece, Romania and Spanish speaking countries, for exapmple, it is Tuesday the 13th is considered unlucky. In Italy, it is Friday the 17th. The fear of Friday the 13the is called paraskavedekatriaphobia, a word derived from the concatenation of the Greek words paraskevi (meaning Friday) and dekatreis ( meaning thirteen) , attached to phobia (meaning Fear). the term is aspecialized form of triskaidekaphobia, a simple phobia (fear) of number thirteen appearing inany case. An estimated 17-21 million people are affected by this fear in the US. This also led to an estimate of $800-900 million being lost in the business on this day, due to less flying, driving and even getting out of bed. In numerology, the number twelve is considered the number of completeness (twelve months of year, twelve signs of the zodiac, twelev tribes of Isreal, twelve apostles of Jesus, etc.). The number thirteen is seen irregular. There is even superstition that having thirteen people seated at table will result in death of one of the diners, probably derived from the last Supper. Friday is typically celebrated as the day of the week that Jesus Christ was crucified. According to the "The Da Vinci Code", the Knights of the Templar were arrested on FRiday October 13, 1307 and subsequently tortured and executed. in 1939, the Black Friday bushfires occurred in Victoria, Australia. In 1972, the Uruguayan Rugby team crashed in the Andes mountain range. In 2004, Hurricane Charley made landfall near Port Charlotte, Florida. In 2006, a huge storm struck Buffalo, New York. Unix time will reach 1,234,567,890 decimals seconds on Friday Febraury 13, 2009 at 23:31:30 GMT.