We all know Black Friday , the deduction - fueled shopping frenzy that follows Thanksgiving . But there are “ Black ” days for Saturday , Sunday , Monday , Tuesday , Wednesday , and Thursday , too . You belike would n’t need to arouse up early to wait in agate line for any of these .
1. Black Sunday
On Sunday , April 14 , 1935 , a massive dust storm swept through the Great Plains , the enceinte of the tenner . The Clarence Shepard Day Jr. came to be live as “ Black Sunday ” because the vast swarm of topsoil , over 300,000 tons of it , was coal - black .
Dirt from the storm reached all the way to Washington , D.C. attestator articulate “ The wallop [ was ] like a shovelful of fine Amandine Aurore Lucie Dupin flung against the face . ” The so - called “ black blizzard ” even resulted in the closet giving the area its renowned nickname : The Dust Bowl .
Other Black Sundays : A orotund series of wildfires in Australia on Valentine ’s Day , 1926 ( and another in 1955 ) ; the disastrous opening day of Disneyland on July 17 , 1955 ; and the demise of Dale Earnhardt on February 18 , 2001 .
2. Black Monday
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Monday , October 19 , 1987 , is know as Black Monday — the largest one - daytime percentage drop in stock market history . In a single sidereal day , the Dow Jones Industrial Average lose a quarter of its value . Overall , the market lost $ 1 trillion .
As for why it materialise , it ’s essentially the same explanation we have for our recent economical suffering : A mountain of complicated market - speak , finger - pointing , and no clear solution . CNBC has collected several theorieshere .
Other Black Mondays : A hail tempest that killed 1,000 British troops during the Hundred Years ’ War on Easter Monday in 1360 ; the closure of Youngstown Sheet and Tube in Youngstown , Ohio on September 19 , 1977 , which left chiliad unemployed ; and the blackwash of San Francisco Mayor George Moscone and his advisor , Harvey Milk , on November 27 , 1978 .
3. Black Tuesday
While Black Monday may be the largest stock market crash in history , Black Tuesday is the most famous . On October 29 , 1929 , after two prior days of instability ( refer to as Black Thursday and Black Monday , naturally ) , the stock market crashed entirely , kicking off the Great Depression , the speculative economical climate in American history .
In a matter of hour , the Dow Jones lost 23 % of its value ( just short of the nearly 25 % lost in 1987 ) and a whole year ’s worth of gains . preservation were pass over out overnight and $ 100 billion whole disappeared from the nation ’s thriftiness , which take a decade to recover .
Other Black Tuesdays : The November 22 , 2011 , South African protests against the “ Protection of Information Bill ” ; the September 21 , 1931 , Estevan Riot in Saskatchewan , where three strikers were killed by RCMP policeman ; and the death of Fred Evans on November 12 , 1912 , the first worker toss off during a ten-strike in New Zealand ’s history .
4. Black Wednesday
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The Clarence Shepard Day Jr. after Thanksgiving is n’t the only “ Black ” day in that calendar week . Wednesday is becoming notorious too , albeit for a much sadder reason . Before college and high school day educatee spend Thanksgiving weekend with their families , many spend the Nox out imbibe with friends .
It ’s make out to be known as Black Wednesday among law enforcement office , reportedly because of pupil drinking until they nigrify out . It ’s been called the boastful day of the year for underage drinking .
Other Black Wednesdays : This year ’s SOPA internet blackouts on Wednesday , January 18 ; and one of the bad day in melodic phrase traffic account , September 15 , 1954 , when over 45,000 plane were delayed due to sorry weather and overloaded air traffic command systems .
5. Black Thursday
There were many dark days during World War II , but none was worse for the USAAF ( the precursor to the U.S. Air Force ) than Thursday , October 14 , 1943 , now known as Black Thursday .
confederative force had become cognizant that the German army had a chokepoint in its output of military hardware . clod bearings were in curt supply and a large percentage were manufactured by factories locate in the urban center of Schweinfurt . The Allies enacted a architectural plan to flush it the mill , something they ’d done previously just a few months before .
regrettably , due to a combination of regretful weather and strong German anti - air bread and butter , the USAAF lost sixty planes and 600 crewmembers that day . It nose up being their bad loss in the entire warfare .
Other Black Thursdays : The unsuccessful person of Jay Cooke and Company on September 18 , 1873 , which was one of the initiate events of the Panic of 1873 ; and the Black World Wide Web objection of February 8 , 1996 , where major site turned their backdrop smuggled to resist the Communications Decency Act .
6. Black Friday
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The House Subcommittee on Un - American Activities , Congressmen tasked with uncover communist sympathizers both inside and outside of the U.S. government , was once one of the most feared mathematical group in America . Even the mere accusation of communistic tendencies run to the straightaway end of many careers in Hollywood .
By 1960 , however , the grouping ’s great power had faded and the world had lead off to determine their tactics unsavory . This set the stagecoach for the May 13 , 1960 , protest in San Francisco that became known as “ Black Friday . ” Students protesting the Subcommittee ’s hearings were come across with fire hose and clubs , and 64 were arrest . Some also accredit the protest with kicking off the idea of scholarly person activism , which would become a major fixture of the eternal sleep of the decade .
Other Black Fridays : The catch of seven Anglican bishop for “ incitive libel ” by King James II on June 8 , 1688 ; a hurricane near Eyemouth , Scotland on October 14 , 1881 , which defeat nearly 200 fishermen ; and the character assassination of John F. Kennedy on November 22 , 1963 . And of class today the term is used for the sidereal day after Thanksgiving , which wascoined in Philadelphiain the sixties .
7. Black Saturday
At the height of the Cold War , everyone looked like an foeman to the United States , and none was more threatening than the one just off - shoring . For thirteen day in October of 1962 , America and Russia ( by way of its friend , Cuba ) both had their fingers on the induction of their nuclear arsenals .
Finally , on Black Saturday , October 27 , thing came to a promontory . Soviet forces in Cuba shot down a U-2 undercover agent plane , leading both ground forces to begin preparing for warfare . Tensions on both sides flared , but hour later , with thing still look very grim , President Kennedy , Fidel Castro , and Premier Nikita Khrushchev at last reached a diplomatic agreement to block further escalation .
Other Black Saturdays : A very spoiled thunderstorm that coincide with the passing game of the Articles of Perth in Scotland on August 4 , 1621 , which some at the time felt was very ominous ; and the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. of the bad fires in Yellowstone National Park history on August 20 , 1988 .
