Black Friday may refer to:

Events

Recurring days

* Black Friday (shopping), the day following Thanksgiving in the United States *

Black Friday (partying) Black Friday, Mad Friday, Frantic Friday or Black Eye Friday is a nickname for the Friday before Christmas Eve (24 December)—that is, the Friday after 16 December—in Great Britain. It is the most popular night for end-of-year corporate and i ...

, the last Friday before Christmas in the United Kingdom *

Friday the 13th Friday the 13th is considered an unlucky day in Western superstition. It occurs when the 13th day of the month in the Gregorian calendar falls on a Friday, which happens at least once every year but can occur up to three times in the same year. ...

or Black Friday *

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, a Christian observance in commemoration of Jesus' crucifixion

Single days

* Black Friday (1869), the Fisk–Gould Scandal, a financial crisis in the United States * Black Friday (1873), the crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange that precipitated the Panic of 1873 * Black Friday (1881), the Eyemouth disaster in which 189 fishermen died * Haymarket affair (1887) (11 November 1887), four Chicago anarchists hanged, without evidence, for the deaths of seven police officers during a labor meeting, they were rehabilitated in 1893. *

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 ...

, a 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, a day in which 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), the announcement of British transport union leaders not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners * Italian invasion of Albania or Black Friday, the 1939 Italian invasion of Albania *

Black Friday (1939) The Black Friday bushfires of 13 January 1939, in Victoria, Australia, were part of the devastating 1938–1939 bushfire season in Australia, which saw bushfires burning for the whole summer, and ash falling as far away as New Zealand. It was ca ...

, a day of devastating bushfires 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 ...

, a disastrous attack by the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada near Woensdrecht during the Battle of the Scheldt * Black Friday (1945), an 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, a flood in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada * Black Friday (1959), 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) ...

program and Orenda Iroquois program in Malton, Ontario, Canada *

Black Friday (1960) The House Committee on Un-American Activities (HCUA), popularly dubbed the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), was an investigative committee of the United States House of Representatives, created in 1938 to investigate alleged disloy ...

, San Francisco City protest against the House Un-American Activities Committee * Black Friday (1978), a 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 ...

, referred to as Black Friday in the community for the 1987 day an F4 tornado struck Edmonton, Alberta, Canada *

1988 Hyderabad, Sindh massacre 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 *

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 ...

, a series of bomb explosions in Mumbai, India * Black Friday (2004), a crackdown by government forces in Malé, Maldives, on peaceful protesters *

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 ...

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

United States v. Scheinberg ''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 ...

'', referred to as Black Friday in the poker community, the 2011 day when several online poker sites were seized *

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 ...

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

Films

* ''Black Friday'' (1916 film), an American feature film starring Dorothy Davenport and Emory Johnson * ''Black Friday'' (1940 film), an American film starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi * Black Friday Incident, a 1993 screening of the first half of ''Toy Story'' for Disney executives resulting in a temporary production shutdown * ''Black Friday'' (2002 film), action movie starring Gary Daniels * ''Black Friday'' (2004 film), an Indian film about the 1993 Bombay bombings * ''Black Friday'', 2007 cable television movie directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman * ''Black Friday'', a 2009 Canadian short film starring Jeff Hammond * ''Black Friday'' (2021 film), an American film directed by Casey Tebo

Literature

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

Music

Albums

* ''Black Friday'' (Faderhead album) (2010) * ''Black Friday'' (Indian Ocean album) (2005) * ''Black Friday'' (

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

Songs

* ''Black Friday'' (Gwar single) (2016) * "Black Friday", a 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 ...

'' * "Black Friday", a 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 ...

'' * "Good Mourning/Black Friday", a 1986 song by Megadeth from '' Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?'' * "Black Friday", a 2013 song by Stray from the Path from ''

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Television

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

Theatre

* ''Black Friday'' (musical), a 2019 musical by StarKid Productions

Other uses

* '' 1979 Revolution: Black Friday'', a 2016 video game by iNK Stories