Black Thursday is a term used to refer to typically negative, notable events that have occurred on a

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. It has been used in the following cases: *6 February 1851,

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. *18 September 1873, during the

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, the U.S. bank

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declared bankruptcy, triggering a series of bank failures *21 June 1877, execution of 10 suspected leaders of the
Molly Maguires
that became known as �
Black Thursday
” *8 November 1901 (21 November in the

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), the climax of the

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. *24 October 1929, start of the

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. "Black Tuesday" was the following week on 29 October 1929. *15 August 1940, ''Schwarzer Donnerstag'' ("Black Thursday"), when the German ''

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'' mounted its largest number of sorties during the

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, and suffered its heaviest losses; known in Britain as "The Greatest Day" *14 October 1943, when the

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suffered large losses during bombing in the

second Schweinfurt raid The second Schweinfurt raid, also called Black Thursday, was a World War II air battle that took place on 14 October 1943, over Nazi Germany between forces of the United States 8th Air Force and German ''Luftwaffe'' fighter arm (''Jagdwaffe''). ...

during World War II *The night of 16/17 December 1943, when

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losses during the Berlin bombing campaign were particularly high. *12 April 1951 was nicknamed "

Black Thursday Black Thursday is a term used to refer to typically negative, notable events that have occurred on a Thursday. It has been used in the following cases: *6 February 1851, bushfires in Victoria, Australia. *18 September 1873, during the Panic of ...

" by USAF pilots after three MiG-15 squadrons with 30 aircraft attacked 48 B-29 Superfortress bombers protected by about a hundred F-80 Shooting Star and F-84 Thunderjet fighters, over Korea, resulting in the destruction of 10 B-29s. *12 May 1955, first day of the

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*1 September 1960, a disastrous day for American track and field favourites in the Olympic stadium at the 1960 Rome Olympics *4 April 1963, 127 fires burn 185,000 acres in

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*21 November 1968, day of protests by students at

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*17 December 1970, shipyard workers and protesters were killed by the army and militia during the massive protests in Gdynia, Poland *12 April 1973, clashes between the police and right-wing demonstrators in

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resulted in the killing of

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Antonio Marino. *30 May 1975, the massacre of about 50 Lebanese Christians in the area of Bashoura in

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. *22 January 1987, the Mendiola massacre, in which state security forces violently dispersed a farmers' march to Malacañan Palace *8 February 1996, the

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in the United States *24 July 2003, ''

Jueves negro ''Jueves negro'' (English: "Black Thursday") was a violent series of political demonstrations that created havoc in Guatemala City on 24 and 25 July 2003. In May 2003, the Guatemalan Republican Front (FRG) political party selected former militar ...

'' (Spanish for "Black Thursday"), when violent political demonstrations created havoc in

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* The 6 May 2010 Flash Crash, when the Dow Jones briefly lost more than 900 points *30 September 2009, when the

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revealed to its people the alleged full cost of bailing out

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*30 September 2010 in Stuttgart, when German police forces used excessive force against protesters that demonstrated against the

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train station building project. *16 January 2014, when the Parliament of Ukraine ratified restrictive anti-protest laws amid massive anti-government protests. *12 June 2014, when

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fired 11 wrestlers. *15 November 2018, the Franco-Ontarian jeudi noir when the

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announced the elimination of several

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institutions *12 March 2020,

stock market crash * "Black Thursday", the week day preceding Black Friday

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