Update on 13-06-2003
• Columbia Space Shuttle sent into space on 16-01-2003 (1+6+0+1+2+0+0+3 = 13) exploded during reentry and all crew members including Kalpana Chawla (The no. of letters = 13) of India died.
• UPHAAR CINEMA TRAGEDY CASE (INDIA): A fire took place at Uphaar Cinema building, Delhi (India) on friday 13th June, 1997 resulting in the death of 59 persons and injury to about 100 persons.
Update on 13-11-2012
• The number 13 is not used on Formula 1 cars. The FIA Formula 1 World Championship entry list does not have a number 13 because it was removed after two drivers, both driving cars numbered 13, were killed in crashes. The number is generally considered to be an unlucky number.
• The Mercedes-Benz, carrying Princess Diana and Dodi Al-Fayed, had hit the 13th pillar of Pont de l'Alma at a speed of 105 km/h, resulting in the death of the Princess of Wales and her beau, the night of 31st August, 1997.
• 1970 Bangladesh Cyclone: On Friday, 13 November, 1970, a massive storm that strike the shores of the Ganges Delta in Bangladesh devastated the densely populated delta region killing lakhs of people in the 20th century's worst disaster by cyclone.