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Encyclopedia > Black Friday

Black Friday may refer to:


Black Friday may refer to the following historical events: Black Friday is the day after Thanksgiving and is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season in the United States. ... Thanksgiving is a holiday celebrated in much of North America, generally observed as an expression of gratitude, usually to God. ... Black Friday is a 1940 science fiction film starring Boris Karloff. ... Black Friday is an Indian movie about the 1993 Mumbai bombings by director Anurag Kashyap. ... Black Friday Rule is a song by the Celtic punk band Flogging Molly. ... Flogging Molly is a seven-piece Irish American punk band, that formed in Los Angeles and is currently signed under SideOneDummy Records. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Megadeth is an American thrash metal band led by founder, frontman and songwriter Dave Mustaine. ...

  • Black Friday (1869), the Fisk-Gould Scandal (24 Sep), a financial crisis in the United States
  • Black Friday (1910), a campaign outside the British House of Commons (18 Nov) of the Women's Social and Political Union the Conciliation Bill failed
  • Black Friday (1919), the Battle of George Square (31 Jan), a riot stemming from industrial unrest in Glasgow, Scotland
  • Black Friday (1921), the announcement of British transport union leaders (15 Apr) not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners
  • Black Friday (1939), a day of devastating fires in Australia (13 Jan)
  • Black Friday (1944), a disastrous attack by the Canadian Black Watch (13 Oct) near Woensdrecht during the Battle of the Scheldt
  • Black Friday (1945), an air battle over Sunnfjord (9 Feb), the largest over Norway
  • Hollywood Black Friday (5 Oct 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
  • Black Friday (1978), a massacre of protesters in Iran (8 Sep)
  • Black Friday (1982), the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War
  • Black Friday (Maldives) (2004), a crackdown in Maldives, MalĂ© (13 Aug) on peaceful protesters
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