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Black Friday (1869), the Fisk–Gould Scandal, a financial crisis in the United States
Black Friday (1873), the crash of the Vienna Stock Exchange that precipitated the Panic of 1873
Black Friday (1881), the Eyemouth disaster in which 189 fishermen died
Black Friday (1910), a particularly violent women's suffrage event in England
Black Friday (1916), October 20, a day in which a "perfect storm" hit Lake Erie, 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 (1929), the day the New York stock market crashed, initiating the Great Depression
Italian invasion of Albania or Black Friday, the 1939 Italian invasion of Albania
Black Friday (1939), a day of devastating bushfires in Victoria, Australia
Black Friday (1944), a disastrous attack by the Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada near Woensdrecht during the Battle of the Scheldt
Black Friday (1945), an Allied military operation during the Norwegian campaigns in World War II
1950 Red River flood or Black Friday, the 1950 Red River flood in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Black Friday (1960), San Francisco City protest against the House Un-American Activities Committee
Black Friday (1978), a massacre of protesters in Iran
Viernes Negro (1983), first major currency devaluation in Venezuela
Black Friday (1987), a tornado in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Black Friday (1993), a series of bomb explosions in Mumbai, India
Black Friday (2004), a crackdown by government forces in Malé, Maldives, on peaceful protesters
Black Friday (2005), an event in which tribal students were killed in Meghalaya, India
Black Friday (2011), an event in which several online poker sites were seized as a result of United States v. Scheinberg
Black Friday (2015), a string of terrorist attacks in France, Kuwait, Somalia, Syria and Tunisia
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