HAPPENED ON FRIDAY
You have all heard that Friday is an ' unlucky ' day (says an American exchange), and many persons have so firm a belief in the superstition that they would not on any consideration .begin -any work or start a journey on that day. Here is a partial list of important historical events that happened oa Friday; read it and then make up your mind whether or not the day deserves its' ' unlucky ' reputation : — The Mayflower landed ; the Bastile' was burned ; Moscow was burned ; Washington was born ; America was discovered ; Shakespeare was born ; Lincoln was * assassinated ; Queen Victoria was married; the battle of Marengo was fought ; Charles I. was beheaded ; the battle of Waterloo was fought ; Julius Caesar was assassinated ; the battle of New Orleans was fought ; Joan of Arc was burned at the stake ; the Declaration of Independence was signed — all on Friday. -Now, what do you think about the day?
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New Zealand Tablet, Issue 3, 6 August 1908, Page 38
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153HAPPENED ON FRIDAY New Zealand Tablet, Issue 3, 6 August 1908, Page 38
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