Black Friday

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Black Friday may refer to:

Events

Recurring days

Black Friday (shopping), the day following Thanksgiving in the United States

Black Friday (hoax), online hoax about the origin of the name

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

Single days

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

Films

Black Friday (1916 film), American feature film starring Dorothy Davenport and Emory Johnson
Black Friday (1940 film), American film starring Boris Karloff and Bela Lugosi
Black Friday Incident, 1993 disastrous screening of Toy Story for Disney executives
Black Friday (2002 film), action movie starring Gary Daniels
Black Friday (2004 film), Indian film about the 1993 Bombay bombings
Black Friday, 2007 cable television movie directed by Arthur Allan Seidelman
Black Friday, 2009 Canadian short film starring Jeff Hammond
Black Friday (2021 film), American horror comedy film directed by Casey Tebo

Literature

Black Friday (Patterson novel), a 1986 novel by James Patterson
Black Friday (Muchamore novel), a 2013 CHERUB novel by Robert Muchamore

Music

Albums

Black Friday (Indian Ocean album) (2005)
Black Friday (Faderhead album) (2010)
Black Friday (Tom Odell album) (2024)
Black Friday, a Palehound album (2019)

Mixtapes

Black Friday (Tony Yayo mixtape) (2008)
Black Friday (Jay Rock mixtape) (2010)
Black Friday (Lil' Kim mixtape) (2011)

Songs and singles

"Black Friday", Steely Dan song from their 1975 album Katy Lied
"Good Mourning/Black Friday", 1986 song by Megadeth from Peace Sells... but Who's Buying?
"Black Friday", 1998 song by Grinspoon from Pushing Buttons
"Black Friday", 2013 song by Stray from the Path from Anonymous
"Black Friday" (Gwar single album), 2016 single by thrash metal band Gwar