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Black Friday may refer to:
Black Friday (partying) , the last Friday before Christmas in the United Kingdom
Good Friday or Black Friday, day of Christian observance in commemoration of Jesus' crucifixion
Black Friday (1869) , the Fisk–Gould Scandal, a US financial crisis
Black Friday (1873) , the crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange that precipitated the Panic of 1873
Black Friday (1881) , the Eyemouth, Scotland disaster in which 189 fishermen died
Black Friday (1910) , day of police brutality on women's suffrage activists in England
Black Friday (1916) , October 20, the day 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
Black Friday bushfires (1939), day of devastating bush fires in Victoria, Australia
Black Friday (1944) , disastrous attack by the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada near Woensdrecht during the Battle of the Scheldt
Black Friday (1945) , Allied military operation during the Norwegian campaigns in World War II
1950 Red River flood or Black Friday flood in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Black Friday (1959), the cancellation of the
CF-105 Arrow and
Orenda Iroquois engine programs in Malton, Ontario, Canada
Black Friday (1960) , San Francisco protest against the House Un-American Activities Committee
Black Friday (1978) , massacre of protesters in Iran
Viernes Negro (1983), the first major currency devaluation in Venezuela
Edmonton tornado or Black Friday (1987), the day a tornado struck Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
1988 killings in Hyderabad, Sindh or Black Friday, a massacre of Mohajir civilians in Hyderabad, Sindh, Pakistan
Black Friday (1993) , series of bomb explosions in Mumbai, India
Black Friday (2004) , crackdown by government forces on peaceful protesters in Malé, Maldives
Black Friday (2005) , event in which tribal students were killed in Meghalaya, India
Black Friday (2011) , April 15, when the indictment of three online poker companies was unsealed in United States v. Scheinberg
Black Friday (2015) , string of terrorist attacks in France, Kuwait, Somalia, Syria and Tunisia
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