Black Friday may refer to:

Events

Recurring days

Black Friday (shopping) Black Friday is a colloquial term for the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the United States. Many stores offer highly promoted sales at discounted prices a ...

, the day following Thanksgiving in the United States :* Black Friday (hoax), online hoax about the origin of the name :* Black Friday Sale, a corresponding sales event in Europe * Black Friday (partying), the last Friday before Christmas in the United Kingdom *

Good Friday Good Friday is a Christian holiday commemorating the crucifixion of Jesus and his death at Calvary. It is observed during Holy Week as part of the Paschal Triduum. It is also known as Holy Friday, Great Friday, Great and Holy Friday (also Hol ...

or Black Friday, day of Christian observance in commemoration of Jesus' crucifixion

Single days

Black Friday (1869) The Black Friday gold panic of September 24, 1869 was caused by a conspiracy between two investors, Jay Gould and his partner James Fisk, and Abel Corbin, a small time speculator who had married Virginia (Jennie) Grant, the younger sister of Pr ...

, the Fisk–Gould Scandal, a US financial crisis * Black Friday (1873), the crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange that precipitated the Panic of 1873 * Black Friday (1881), the Eyemouth, Scotland disaster in which 189 fishermen died * *

Black Friday (1910) Black Friday was a suffragette demonstration in London on 18November 1910, in which 300 women marched to the Houses of Parliament as part of their campaign to secure voting rights for women. The day earned its name from the violence meted ...

, day of police brutality on women's suffrage activists in England *

Black Friday (1916) Black Friday (1916) was October 20, the day a "perfect storm" hit Lake Erie, sinking four large ships, killing forty-nine people. The ships that were dispatched to the depths by the violent weather were the James B. Colgate, Marshall F. Butters, D. ...

, October 20, the day a "perfect storm" hit Lake Erie in North America, sinking four ships * Black Friday (1919), the Battle of George Square, a riot stemming from industrial unrest in Glasgow, Scotland *

Black Friday (1921) Black Friday, in British labour history, refers to 15 April 1921, when the leaders of transport and rail unions announced a decision not to call for strike action in support of the miners. The epithet 'black' derives from a widespread feeling amongs ...

, the announcement of British transport union leaders not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners * *

Black Friday bushfires The Black Friday bushfires of 13 January 1939, in Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia, were part of the devastating 1938–1939 bushfire season in Australia, which saw Bushfires in Australia, bushfires burning for the whole summer, and ash ...

(1939), day of devastating bush fires in Victoria, Australia *

Black Friday (1944) Black Friday was the nickname given by the 1st Battalion The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada to the date 13 October 1944. On that day, during World War II's Battle of the Scheldt in The Netherlands, the regiment attacked German posi ...

, disastrous attack by the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada near Woensdrecht during the Battle of the Scheldt *

Black Friday (1945) On 9 February 1945, a force of Allied Bristol Beaufighter aircraft suffered many losses during an attack on the German destroyer ''Z33'' and its escorting vessels; the operation was called Black Friday by the survivors. The German ships wer ...

, Allied military operation during the Norwegian campaigns in World War II *

1950 Red River flood The 1950 Red River flood was a devastating flood that took place along the Red River in The Dakotas and Manitoba from April 15 to June 12, 1950. Damage was particularly severe in the city of Winnipeg and its environs, which were inundated on M ...

or Black Friday flood in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada * Black Friday (1959), the cancellation of the

CF-105 Arrow The Avro Canada CF-105 Arrow was a delta-winged interceptor aircraft designed and built by Avro Canada. The CF-105 held the promise of Mach 2 speeds at altitudes exceeding and was intended to serve as the Royal Canadian Air Force's (RCAF) ...

and

Orenda Iroquois The Orenda PS.13 Iroquois was an advanced turbojet engine designed for military use. It was developed by the Canadian aircraft engine manufacturer Orenda Engines, a part of the Avro Canada group. Intended for the CF-105 Arrow interceptor, de ...

engine programs in Malton, Ontario, Canada * Black Friday (1960), San Francisco protest against the House Un-American Activities Committee *

Black Friday (1978) Black Friday ( fa, جمعه سیاه, Jom'e-ye Siyāh) is the name given to an incident occurring on 8 September 1978 (17 Shahrivar 1357 in the Iranian calendar) in Iran, in which 64, or at least 100 people were shot dead and 205 injured by the ...

, massacre of protesters in Iran * ''

Viernes Negro ''Viernes Negro'' ( en, Black Friday) in Venezuela refers to Friday, 18 February 1983, when the Venezuelan bolívar was devalued substantially against the US dollar. This event caused a significant destabilization of the currency and the Venezuela ...

'' (1983), the first major currency devaluation in Venezuela *

Edmonton tornado The Edmonton tornado of 1987, an event also known as Black Friday to Edmontonians, was a powerful and devastating tornado that ripped through the eastern parts of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and parts of neighbouring Strathcona County on the afte ...

or Black Friday (1987), the day a tornado struck Edmonton, Alberta, Canada *

1988 killings in Hyderabad, Sindh On September 30, 1988, dozens of people, mostly Muhajir, were killed in Hyderabad, Sindh in what was known as "Black Friday". Death tolls ranged from 1000+

or Black Friday, a massacre of Mohajir civilians in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan *

Black Friday (1993) The 1993 Bombay bombings were a series of 12 terrorist bombings that took place in Bombay, Maharashtra, on 12 March 1993. The single-day attacks resulted in 257 fatalities and 1,400 injuries. The attacks were coordinated by Dawood Ibrahim, le ...

, series of bomb explosions in Mumbai, India *

Black Friday (2004) Black Friday ( dv, ކަޅު ހުކުރު), August 13, 2004, was the crackdown by the Maldivian National Security Service (NSS) — later Maldivian National Defence Force — on a peaceful protest Black Friday (2005) Black Friday was a massacre on 30 September 2005 in the towns of Tura and Williamnagar, in Meghalaya, India when police shot and killed nine protesters during a protest against the state government's decision to transfer the education board fro ...

, event in which tribal students were killed in Meghalaya, India *

Black Friday (2011) ''United States v. Scheinberg'', No. 1:10-cr-00336 (2011), is a United States federal criminal case against the founders of the three largest online poker companies, PokerStars, Full Tilt Poker and Cereus (Absolute Poker/Ultimatebet), and a han ...

, April 15, when the indictment of three online poker companies was unsealed in ''United States v. Scheinberg'' *

Black Friday (2015) On 26 June 2015, attacks occurred in France, Kuwait, Syria, Somalia, and Tunisia, one day following a deadly massacre in Syria. The day of attacks was dubbed "Bloody Friday" by Anglophone media and "Black Friday" (french: Vendredi Noir) among Fr ...

, string of terrorist attacks in France, Kuwait, Somalia, Syria and Tunisia

Films

* ''Black Friday'' (1916 film), American feature film starring Dorothy Davenport and Emory Johnson * ''Black Friday'' (1940 film), American film starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi * Black Friday Incident, 1993 disastrous screening of ''Toy Story'' for Disney executives * ''Black Friday'' (2002 film), action movie starring

Gary Daniels Gary Edward Daniels (born 9 May 1963) is an English actor, producer, martial artist, fight coordinator and former world light heavyweight kickboxing champion. Born and raised in London, England, Daniels started to take martial arts lessons at th ...

* ''Black Friday'' (2004 film), Indian film about the 1993 Bombay bombings * ''Black Friday'', 2007 cable television movie directed by

Arthur Allan Seidelman Arthur Allan Seidelman is an American television, film, and theatre director and an occasional writer, producer, and actor. Career Born in New York City, he received his B.A. from Whittier College and an M.A. in Theatre from UCLA. He subsequently ...

* ''Black Friday'', 2009 Canadian short film starring Jeff Hammond * ''Black Friday'' (2021 film), American horror comedy film directed by Casey Tebo

Literature

* ''Black Friday'' (Patterson novel), a 1986 novel by James Patterson * ''Black Friday'' (Muchamore novel), a 2013 CHERUB novel by Robert Muchamore

Music

Albums

* ''Black Friday'' (Indian Ocean album) (2005) * ''Black Friday'' (Faderhead album) (2010) * ''Black Friday'' (Tom Odell album) (2024) * ''Black Friday'', a

Palehound Palehound is an American band fronted by Ellen Kempner who have released three albums, ''Dry Food'' (2015), ''A Place I'll Always Go'' (2017) and ''Black Friday'' (2019); as well as the ''Bent Nail'' EP (2013) and a number of 7" singles. Initially ...

album (2019)

Mixtapes

* ''Black Friday'' (Tony Yayo mixtape) (2008) * ''Black Friday'' (Jay Rock mixtape) (2010) * ''Black Friday'' (Lil' Kim mixtape) (2011)

Songs and singles

* "Black Friday", Steely Dan song from their 1975 album ''

Katy Lied ''Katy Lied'' is the fourth studio album by American rock band Steely Dan, released in 1975 by ABC Records. It was certified gold and peaked at No. 13 on the US charts. The single "Black Friday" charted at No. 37. The album was the first after th ...

'' * "Good Mourning/Black Friday", 1986 song by Megadeth from '' Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?'' * "Black Friday", 1998 song by Grinspoon from ''

Pushing Buttons ''Pushing Buttons'' is the third extended play by Australian alternative rock band Grinspoon, and was released on 21 September 1998 via Universal Records. It peaked at number 13 on the ARIA Singles Chart. History and release In March 1998, Gri ...

'' * "Black Friday", 2013 song by Stray from the Path from ''

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'' * "Black Friday" (Gwar single album), 2016 single by thrash metal band Gwar

Television

* "Black Friday" (''South Park''), 2013 episode of ''South Park'' * "Black Friday" (''Scream Queens''), 2015 episode of ''Scream Queens''

Other uses

* ''Black Friday'' (musical), 2019 musical produced by StarKid Productions * '' 1979 Revolution: Black Friday'', 2016 video game by iNK Stories