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| Outside of retailing, the term black Friday has a long history. A search of the Guardian archive, going back at least to 1866, throws up varied examples of its use in our reporting, from stock market crashes, attacks on suffragettes, to calamitous performances by the England cricket team. | Outside of retailing, the term black Friday has a long history. A search of the Guardian archive, going back at least to 1866, throws up varied examples of its use in our reporting, from stock market crashes, attacks on suffragettes, to calamitous performances by the England cricket team. |
| The Black Friday panic of 1866The failure of Overend Gurney - a large discount house - sent shockwaves through the financial system in May 1866. | The Black Friday panic of 1866The failure of Overend Gurney - a large discount house - sent shockwaves through the financial system in May 1866. |
| The Observer noted that as panic spread through the city, spending ceased and a stampede began as investors withdrew funds from banks. | The Observer noted that as panic spread through the city, spending ceased and a stampede began as investors withdrew funds from banks. |
| England V Australia, 1899 - another ‘Black Friday’ for English cricketAn all too familiar tale of an England batting collapse handing victory to a visiting team, this time Australia at Lords. | England V Australia, 1899 - another ‘Black Friday’ for English cricketAn all too familiar tale of an England batting collapse handing victory to a visiting team, this time Australia at Lords. |
| The brutal victimisation of suffragettes by police on ‘Black Friday,’ 1910A ‘cablegram’ from Emily Pankhurst saying “protest imperative” appeared in print after ‘Black Friday’ - a day when police “brutally victimised” women marching on Parliament to demand voting rights. | The brutal victimisation of suffragettes by police on ‘Black Friday,’ 1910A ‘cablegram’ from Emily Pankhurst saying “protest imperative” appeared in print after ‘Black Friday’ - a day when police “brutally victimised” women marching on Parliament to demand voting rights. |
| The collapse of the Triple Alliance, 1921A promise between railway, transport unions and miners to support each other in the event of a strike was broken on ‘Black Friday’, 15 April, 1921, when miners received little backing in their dispute with mine owners, who tried to reduce their wages. The epithet ‘black’ derives from a widespread feeling that the decision amounted to a breach of solidarity and a betrayal of the miners. | The collapse of the Triple Alliance, 1921A promise between railway, transport unions and miners to support each other in the event of a strike was broken on ‘Black Friday’, 15 April, 1921, when miners received little backing in their dispute with mine owners, who tried to reduce their wages. The epithet ‘black’ derives from a widespread feeling that the decision amounted to a breach of solidarity and a betrayal of the miners. |
| Assassination of Martin Luther King, 1968Alistair Cooke, writing for the Guardian from New York, tried to capture the mood in the US following the death of the civil rights activist. | Assassination of Martin Luther King, 1968Alistair Cooke, writing for the Guardian from New York, tried to capture the mood in the US following the death of the civil rights activist. |
| World stock markets just about survive ‘crash-ette,’ 1989Share prices tumbled in what was seen as the first contemporary global financial crisis. The collapse of the junk bond market was blamed for causing ‘Black Friday’. Jittery market trading after the weekend led to more gloomy headlines, like Black Monday and Black Tuesday. | World stock markets just about survive ‘crash-ette,’ 1989Share prices tumbled in what was seen as the first contemporary global financial crisis. The collapse of the junk bond market was blamed for causing ‘Black Friday’. Jittery market trading after the weekend led to more gloomy headlines, like Black Monday and Black Tuesday. |