Tuesday the 13th: In Spain and Greece, It's the Unlucky Day
Woody Magazine We write the things that aren't news Oct. 13, 2026 (Tue.) Miscellany Oct. 13, 2026 It's Tuesday the 13th — In Spain and Greece, This Is the Unlucky One Every unlucky date comes with an event that supposedly started it. The paper trail shows which came first. 한국어판 → In Three Lines In Spain, Greece and much of Latin America, the 13th to dread falls on a Tuesday, like today. Friday the 13th is often traced to the arrest of the Knights Templar on this date in 1307, but the earliest known record of anyone fearing it comes from Paris more than 500 years later. The arrests really did fall on a Friday the 13th. What doesn't hold up is the idea that they started the superstition. Today is Tuesday, Oct. 13. In Spain, there is a proverb for days like this: "En martes, ni te cases ni te embarques." On a Tuesday, don't get married and don't set sail. Greeks treat today as a bad day to start anything, and so do many people in Argen...