Black Friday may refer to:
- Black Friday (shopping), the day after Thanksgiving Day in the United States, one of the busiest shopping days of the year
- Black Friday (1940 film), a science-fiction/horror film starring Boris Karloff, Stanley Ridges, and Bela Lugosi
- Black Friday (2004 film), a Hindi film on the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, directed by Anurag Kashyap
- "Black Friday Rule", a song by Flogging Molly
- "Black Friday", a song by Steely Dan
- "Black Friday", a song by Megadeth
Black Friday may refer to the following historical events:
- Black Friday (1869), the Fisk-Gould Scandal (24 Sep), a financial crisis in the United States
- Haymarket affair (11 November 1887), four Chicago anarchists executed in the pursuit of an 8-hour workday
- Black Friday (1910), a campaign outside the British House of Commons (18 Nov) of the Women's Social and Political Union the Conciliation Bill which 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 October 1945), a riot at the Warner Bros. Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States, where it is the beginning of the traditional Christmas shopping season Black Friday is a 1940 Science fiction film starring Boris Karloff. For other uses see Black Friday (disambiguation Black Friday (ब्लैक फ्राईडे is an Steely Dan is a American rock band centered on core members Walter Becker and Donald Fagen. Megadeth is an American heavy metal band led by founder front man guitarist and songwriter Dave Mustaine. Black Friday, September 24 1869 also known as the Fisk-Gould Scandal, was a financial panic in the United States caused by two speculators’ efforts to corner the gold market Black Friday was an event on 18 November 1910 when approximately 300 Suffragettes campaigned outside the British House of Commons when the The 1919 Battle of George Square, also known as Bloody Friday and Black Friday, was one of the worst Riots on the streets of Glasgow, 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 The Black Friday fires of January 13, 1939, in Victoria Australia, are considered one of the worst natural Bushfires (wildfires in the Black Friday was the nickname given by The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment of Canada to the date 13 October 1944. Black Friday is used to refer to the air battle waged between German and British aircraft on 9 February 1945. Hollywood Black Friday is the name given in the history of Organized labor in the United States, to October 5, 1945. 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)
- 1985 United States-Canadian tornado outbreak/The Barrie Tornado, (May 31, 1985)
- Edmonton Tornado (July 31, 1987), a tornado touching down in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Black Friday was named after the protests that occurred on September 8, 1978 (17 Shahrivar 1357 AP) in Zhaleh Square Tehran, Iran. The US - Canadian Outbreak was a major Tornado outbreak that occurred in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, and Ontario, on On the warm late spring day of May 31, 1985, one of the largest and most damaging tornado outbreaks in Ontario ’s history hit the province The Edmonton Tornado was a powerful and devastating Tornado that ripped through the eastern part of Edmonton Alberta, Canada and parts of neighbouring Edmonton (ˈɛdmɨntɨn is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
- Black Friday (1982), the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War
- Black Friday (Maldives) (2004), a crackdown in Maldives, Malé (13 Aug) on peaceful protesters
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Black Friday
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- A Friday darkened by catastrophe.
- (US, retailing) The day after Thanksgiving Day, generally regarded as the first day of the Christmas season, and the busiest shopping day of the year.
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