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

* Black Friday (1688), imprisonment of the Seven Bishops of the Church of England (8 June), on the eve of the

Glorious Revolution The Glorious Revolution; gd, Rèabhlaid Ghlòrmhor; cy, Chwyldro Gogoneddus , also known as the ''Glorieuze Overtocht'' or ''Glorious Crossing'' in the Netherlands, is the sequence of events leading to the deposition of King James II and ...

. *

Panic of 1866 The Panic of 1866 was an international financial downturn that accompanied the failure of Overend, Gurney and Company in London, and the ''corso forzoso'' abandonment of the silver standard in Italy. In Britain, the economic impacts are hel ...

, sometimes referred to as Black Friday, an international financial downturn that accompanied the failure of Overend, Gurney and Company in London * Black Friday (1869), the Fisk-Gould Scandal (24 September), a financial crisis in the United States. * Black Friday (1881), the Eyemouth disaster (14 October), in which 189 fishermen died. *

Haymarket affair The Haymarket affair, also known as the Haymarket massacre, the Haymarket riot, the Haymarket Square riot, or the Haymarket Incident, was the aftermath of a bombing that took place at a labor demonstration on May 4, 1886, at Haymarket Square i ...

(11 November 1887), four Chicago anarchists hanged, without evidence, for the deaths of seven police officers during a labor meeting. *

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 mete ...

, a campaign outside the British House of Commons (18 November) of the Women's Social and Political Union after the Conciliation Bill failed. * Black Friday (1919), the Battle of George Square (31 January), 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 amon ...

, the announcement of British transport union leaders (15 April) not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners. * Black Friday (1929), the crash of Wall Street (known as Black Thursday in America and Black Friday in Europe). *

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 ...

, a day of devastating

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(13 January) in Victoria,

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, which killed 71 people. * Black Friday (1942), an air raid on

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(18 September). * Black Friday (1944), a disastrous attack by The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada (13 October) near Woensdrecht during the Battle of the Scheldt. * Black Friday (1945), an air battle over Sunnfjord (9 February), the largest over Norway. *

Hollywood Black Friday Hollywood Black Friday, or Hollywood Bloody Friday, is the name given, in the history of organized labor in the United States, to October 5, 1945. On that date, a six-month strike by the set decorators represented by the Conference of Studio Uni ...

(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. * 1950 Red River Flood, which burst several dikes flooding much of

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(5 May). * The cancellation of the Avro Arrow (20 February 1959), which resulted in massive layoffs in the Canadian Aerospace industry. *

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 dislo ...

, San Francisco City protest against the

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. * Black Friday (1963), the assassination of US President John F Kennedy in Dallas, Texas on 22 November 1963. * Black Friday (1978), a massacre of protesters in Iran (8 September). *

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 Venezue ...

, beginning of modern economic turmoil in Venezuela (18 February 1983) *

1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak The year 1985 was designated as the International Youth Year by the United Nations. Events January * January 1 ** The Internet's Domain Name System is created. ** Greenland withdraws from the European Economic Community as a result of ...

, (31 May 1985). * Edmonton tornado (31 July 1987), a tornado touching down in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. *

Friday the 13th mini-crash The Friday the 13th mini-crash was a stock market crash that occurred on Friday, October 13, 1989. The crash, referred to by some as "Black Friday", was apparently caused by a reaction to a news story of the breakdown of a $6.75 billion leverage ...

(13 October 1989), a stock market crash referred to by some as the "Black Friday" crash * Black Friday, an event on 1992 where the screenplay for ''

Aladdin Aladdin ( ; ar, علاء الدين, ', , ATU 561, ‘Aladdin') is a Middle-Eastern folk tale. It is one of the best-known tales associated with ''The Book of One Thousand and One Nights'' (''The Arabian Nights''), despite not being part o ...

'' was entirely rewritten by Jeffrey Katzenberg's order. * Black Friday (1993), a series of bomb explosions in Mumbai, India * Black Friday (19 November 1993), when production of the

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film '' Toy Story'' (1995) was nearly shut down due to negative reception to the reel by the Disney executives. * Murder of Selena (31 March 1995), nicknamed by Hispanics as "Black Friday" when American singer

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was killed. * Uphaar Cinema fire (13 June 1997), in New Delhi, India. * Black Friday (Maldives) (13 August 2004), a crackdown in Malé, Maldives on peaceful protesters. * Black Friday (2005), student protesters killed in Meghalaya, India (30 September). *

2009 Jakarta bombings The 2009 Jakarta Bombings were a terrorist attack which took place in Jakarta, Indonesia on 17 July 2009. At around 07:47 until 07:57 WIB (00:47-00:57 UTC), the JW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton Hotels in Setiabudi, South Jakarta, were hit by sepa ...

, terrorist attacks at hotels (17 July), referred to as Black Friday by ''

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''. * Black Friday (2011), several online poker sites seized (15 April) as a result of '' United States v. Scheinberg et al.''. * Black Friday (2015), terrorist attacks in France, Kuwait, Syria and Tunisia (26 June), also called Bloody Friday in English. *

November 2015 Paris attacks The November 2015 Paris attacks () were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks that took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 9:15p.m., three suicide bombers ...

(13 November 2015), referred to as Black Friday (''vendredi noir'') by several media outlets * Tornado outbreak of December 10–11, 2021, the deadliest Tornado Outbreak in the month of December in the United States with 89 Fatalities and 672 injuries which also that produced the Quad-State Tornadic Supercell.

Repetitive events

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 *

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 ...

, the Friday after U.S. Thanksgiving Day, when shopping is extremely popular and traditionally the start of Christmas shopping. *

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 Holy ...

or Black Friday, a Christian observance of Jesus' crucifixion

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