On Friday, October 13, 1307, officers of King Philip IV of France arrested hundreds of theKnights Templar, a powerfulreligious and military orderformed in the 12th century for the defense of the Holy Land. Imprisoned on charges of various illegal behaviors (but really because the king wanted ...
The master of suspense was born on August 13, 1899—so Friday, August 13, 1999, would have been his 100th birthday. He made his directorial debut in 1922 with a movie called Number 13. Unfortunately, the film was doomed from the start and never got off the ground due to financial tro...