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{{about|events occurring on the weekday known as Friday|other uses|Black Friday (disambiguation)}} | {{about|events occurring on the weekday known as Friday|other uses|Black Friday (disambiguation)}} | ||
'''Black Friday''' is a term used to refer to certain events which occur on a Friday. It has been used in the following cases: | '''Black Friday''' is a term used to refer to certain events which occur on a Friday. It has been used in the following cases: | ||
==Specific events== | |||
*], imprisonment of the Seven Bishops of the Church of England (8 June), on the eve of the ].<ref>], The History Of England From the Accession of James II, Vol. II, Chapter VIII, pg 332, Donohue, Henneberry & Co., Chicago 1890. ]</ref> | |||
*], sometimes referred to as Black Friday, an international financial downturn that accompanied the failure of Overend, Gurney and Company in London | |||
*], the Fisk-Gould Scandal (24 September), a financial crisis in the United States. | |||
*], the Eyemouth disaster (14 October), in which 189 fishermen died. | |||
*] (11 November 1887), four Chicago anarchists hanged, without evidence, for the deaths of seven police officers during a labor meeting. | |||
*], a campaign outside the British House of Commons (18 November) of the Women's Social and Political Union after the Conciliation Bill failed. | |||
*], the Battle of George Square (31 January), a riot stemming from industrial unrest in Glasgow, Scotland. | |||
*], the announcement of British transport union leaders (15 April) not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners. | |||
*], a day of devastating ]s (13 January) in ], ], which killed 71 people. | |||
*], an air raid on ] (18 September). | |||
*], a disastrous attack by The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada (13 October) near Woensdrecht during the Battle of the Scheldt. | |||
*], an air battle over Sunnfjord (9 February), the largest over Norway. | |||
*] (5 October 1945), a riot at the Warner Bros. studios stemming from a Confederation of Studio Unions (CSU) strike leading to the eventual breakup of the CSU. | |||
*], which burst several dikes flooding much of ], ] (5 May). | |||
*] (20 February 1959), which resulted in massive layoffs in the Canadian Aerospace industry. | |||
*], San Francisco City protest against the ]. | |||
*], the assassination of US President John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963. | |||
*], a massacre of protesters in Iran (8 September). | |||
*]/], (31 May 1985). | |||
*] (31 July 1987), a tornado touching down in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. | |||
*] (13 October 1989), a stock market crash referred to by some as the "Black Friday" crash | |||
*], an event on 1992 where the screenplay for '']'' was entirely rewritten by Jeffrey Katzenberg's order. | |||
*], a series of bomb explosions in Mumbai, India | |||
*] (19 November 1993), when production of the ] film '']'' was nearly shut down due to negative reception to the reel by the Disney executives. | |||
*] (31 March 1995), nicknamed by Hispanics as "Black Friday" when American singer ] was killed. | |||
*] (13 June 1997), in New Delhi, India. | |||
*] (13 August 2004), a crackdown in Malé, Maldives on peaceful protesters. | |||
*], student protesters killed in Meghalaya, India (30 September). | |||
*], terrorist attacks at hotels (17 July), referred to as Black Friday by ]. | |||
*], several online poker sites seized (15 April) as a result of '']''. | |||
*], terrorist attacks in France, Kuwait, Syria and Tunisia (26 June), also called Bloody Friday in English. | |||
*] (13 November 2015), referred to as Black Friday (''vendredi noir'') by several media outlets<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.marianne.net/vendredi-noir-paris-100238046.html|author=Frédéric Ploquin|title=Vendredi noir à Paris|work=]|date=14 November 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/voices/paris-attacks-we-are-all-victims-of-black-friday-a6734706.html|author=John Lichfield|title=Paris attacks: We are all victims of Black Friday|work=]|date=15 November 2015}}</ref> | |||
==Repetitive events== | ==Repetitive events== |
Revision as of 07:02, 23 November 2018
This article is about events occurring on the weekday known as Friday. For other uses, see Black Friday (disambiguation).Black Friday is a term used to refer to certain events which occur on a Friday. It has been used in the following cases:
Repetitive events
- Black Friday (partying), the last Friday before Christmas
- Black Friday (shopping), the Friday after U.S. Thanksgiving Day, when shopping is extremely popular and traditionally the start of Christmas shopping.
- Good Friday or Black Friday, a Christian observance of Jesus' crucifixion