This is September 13, and a Friday.  Some consider this to be a bad luck day.  The origin goes back to   The Bible , and more specifically, Jesus.   As such, many other countries also are stuck with this superstition.  However, in Italy, long associated with Catholicism, Friday the 17th is  unlucky .  This is because the number 17 in roman numeral is XVII, and anagram of VIXI, which means  I have lived in Latin .  Some consider this is a bad omen, as it  implies that death is soon .  Oh well, I am posting this article today because it relates to September 13, which in 1969 was a Saturday. 1969 was a heck of a year. That was 55 years ago. I was sent to LSU in Baton Rouge, Louisiana by C. Brewer of the Hawaiian Sugar Industry to earn a master's degree in chemical engineering.   They paid my salary and LSU gave me a full fellowship, waiving tuition, so when you add the income of nurse wife, this was the only time when we actually put money in the bank.   We had applied for married stu