There have been a number of events known as "Black Fridays" in history. Usually, these events are devastating.
Some historians propose that the origin of the "Black Friday" was the simultaneous arrest of hundreds of Knights Templars on October 13, 1307 (Friday), to be later tortured into "admitting" heresy.
Today, the concept of Friday the 13th has been extended through the 'black Friday' concept to incorporate anything really bad that happens on a Friday. In history there have been a number of events that happened on a Friday and are known as Black Friday:
Black Friday (1869), a financial crisis in the United States
Black Friday (1889), the day of the Johnstown Flood.
Black Friday (1910), WSPU took militant action when the Conciliation Bill failed.
Black Friday (1919), a riot in Glasgow stemming from industrial unrest
Black Friday (1921), day on which British dockers' and railwaymen's union leaders announced their decision not to call for strike action against wage reductions for miners
Black Friday (1929), a stock market crash in the United States
Black Friday (1939), a day of devastating fires in Australia
Black Friday (1945), largest air battle over Norway, over Sunnfjord
Hollywood Black Friday (1945), the day the six-month-old Confederation of Studio Unions (CSU) strike boiled over into a bloody riot at the Warner Bros. studios leading to the eventual breakup of the CSU.
Black Friday (1978), a massacre of protesters in Iran
Black Friday (1982), known in Britain after Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War
Black Friday (1987), the day an hour-long F4 category tornado ran through the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Black Friday (2004), a crackdown on a peaceful protest in the capital city of Maldives, Malé
Other uses of the term include:
Black Friday, a name used for any Friday which falls on the 13th of a month
Black Friday, the Friday preceding Easter, also known as Good Friday or God Friday.
Black Friday (shopping), the day after Thanksgiving Day in the United States, the first shopping day of the Christmas season and one of the busiest shopping days of the year
"Black Friday" is the name given to the last Friday before Christmas in the United Kingdom. It is a day when widespread anti-social behaviour due to public alcohol consumption is expected to occur, and police are given additional powers to combat it
Black Friday (1940 film), a science-fiction/horror film starring Boris Karloff, Stanley Ridges and Bela Lugosi
Black Friday (2005 film), a Hindi film on the 1993 serial bomb blasts in Mumbai, directed by Anurag Kashyap
"Black Friday", a title of a song by Grinspoon
"Black Friday", a title of a song by Steely Dan
"Black Friday", a title of a song by Megadeth
"Black Friday Rule", a title of a song by Flogging Molly
"Black Friday", the nickname for game 3 of the 1977 NLCS baseball championships. Philadelphia Phillies fans gave the nickname because the Phillies blew an early lead against the Los Angeles Dodgers and a controversial call was made during the game
"Black Friday", a title of a poem written by Dennis Rader, the BTK killer
October 23, 2009Fearless...Hi everybody ! It's already october... almost Halloween... I can't wait for wearing my costume !!! Do you celebrate Halloween ? Will you wear a costume ?
Well, the question I ask to you today is : What is your biggest fear ?
Have a nice day :) Thanks a lot for answering :)
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August 30, 2009Where would you go...Hi everybody ! The question today : If you could go everywhere you want (country, city...), where would you go ?
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July 2, 2009Who are you ?If you had just one word to describe who you are... what it should be ? One word. Only one.
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March 3, 2009Buzznet ?Hey :) I just want to ask you a little question... Why are you on Buzznet ? I mean, are you here for someone, for meeting new people, for showing for work, for.... ?
Thanks for answering :)
Mlle Rin
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February 28, 2009Need energyHey :) How are you ? Me... I'm sick. Btw... Thursday I went downtown with my friends for shopping and eating sushi and I felt in love with that little thing :
Is it not so lovely ? Haha. It's suppose to be a sheep... Well, right now he needs a name... I don't have any ideas... somebody have some ?
Other thing... I have a question for you (the ones who will read it, if you exist)... Who is your beauty model ? And why ? It's for a school project...
Well. Have a nice day everybody :)
Rin
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February 23, 2009Old BooksI already post some pics of... but there is a lot more...
+ 20-30 others... haha.
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February 13, 2009Paraskavedekatriaphobia...Hey ! Today... it's Friday 13 ! Haha. The fear of Friday the 13th is called paraskavedekatriaphobia. It is the reason of the title of this journal. :)
I found some facts (if it's true) about this date... (From 'Bob' on Yahoo. Source : Wikipedia) What do you think about all that ? Do you fear Friday 13 ? Why/why not ?
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February 8, 2009Why we always celebrate death of famous people ?Okay... well... Today it is the birthday of James Dean...
I know he's dead there is a long time... but I prefer to celebrate his bithday than is death (on September 30th). So... ya. Some James Dean links : (if you want to know more about him) http://www.jamesdean.com/index.php http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000015/ http://thinkexist.com/quotes/james_dean/
Have a nice day :)
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February 3, 2009Meet Tchoupi...Meet Tchoupi :
Haha. Love that cat <3
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January 30, 2009When you have nothing to do during a 4 hours break...It's like the part two of 'When you have nothing to do during a three hours break'... My schedule is really strange that session... and I have a lot of very long breaks... And what are we doing when we have 3 or 4 hours break ? That :
Just hands... Well... that's was just that... :) for the moment... haha. Next week, MC and I will take pic again.
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January 3, 2009The art of beginning a new years by talking about old things...I love antiques. Really.
I believe that the objects of the past have something to tell us.
About us, about what we are now... and how we become what we are. About the evolution...
My grandmother keeps a lot of old object she uses whan she was young.
Her basement look like a museum.
Warm.
  Lights
  The time...
 Stops.
Well. That's it.
Don't forget the past. It's important.
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December 26, 2008Let it snow...This is dedicated to Mariaaudrey/Hannabannanna. December 24th 2008, 18h00 (what a precise thing, haha) :
Little storm : snow, rain, verglas...
Well... all was white for Christmas. Haha. And the temperature was about... -15... or something like that.
Well. Pretty little Christmas. White Christmas. With Family. All the family. Even Jason who just have 2 months. So cute. And for you ? How was your Christmas day ? Do you celebrated ?
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