Black Friday 360789 221218357 2008-06-23T15:49:08Z Rwflammang 1121700 they were not executed for advocating an 8-hour work day '''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)|''Black Friday'' (1940 film)]], a science-fiction/horror film starring Boris Karloff, Stanley Ridges, and Bela Lugosi *[[Black Friday (2004 film)|''Black Friday'' (2004 film)]], a Hindi film on the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, directed by [[Anurag Kashyap (Director)|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 for murder 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. 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 (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 ==See also== {{Wiktionarypar|Black Friday}} *[[Friday the 13th]] <!-- These breaks are here to prevent overlapping boxes in some browsers --> <br/> <br/> {{Black days}} {{disambig}} [[Category:Black days|Friday, Black]] [[Category:Friday]] [[fr:Black Friday]] [[ru:Чёрная Пятница]] [[zh-yue:黑色星期五]] [[zh:黑色星期五]]