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Sun 27 May, 2007 03:56 am
I only got to know that "Black Friday" is a dread day to most of the westerns, for people believed the disasters usually happen on this day.What is the origin of this horrible day?
lust, welcome to A2K. There are several implications attached to the expression, "Black Friday", but you may be referring to this particular one:
http://www.indianchild.com/the_great_depression.htm
Letty wrote:There are several implications attached to the expression, "Black Friday",...
Indeed - this is what
wikipedia lists
Quote: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
Black Friday (1881), the Eyemouth Disaster (14 Oct), in which 189 Scottish fishermen lost their lives in a European windstorm
Black Friday (1887), hanging of four people which are connected directly or indirectly with the rally of Haymarket Riot at 11 Nov
Black Friday (1889), the Johnstown Flood (31 May), a flood that killed over 2,200 in Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Black Friday (1910), a campaign outside the British House of Commons (18 Nov) of the Women's Social and Political Union the Conciliation Bill 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 (1929), the notorious stock-market crash that occurred in late October 1929
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 air battle over Norway
Black Friday (1945), Hollywood Black Friday (5 Oct), 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 (1959), the cancellation of the CF-105 Avro Arrow project (20 Feb) by Canadian Prime Minister Diefenbaker leading to the lay off of 30,000 workers
Black Friday (1974), the Dublin and Monaghan Bombings in the Republic of Ireland (May 17)
Black Friday (1978), a massacre of protesters in Iran (8 Sep)
Black Friday (1982), the Argentinian invasion of the Falkland Islands, sparking the Falklands War
Black Friday (1987), (31 Jul), the day an hour-long F4 category tornado ran through the city of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Black Friday (1993), bomb blasts in Bombay (now Mumbai), India
Black Friday (2004), a crackdown in Maldives, Malé (13 Aug) on a peaceful protesters
Black Friday may also refer to:
Any Friday which falls on the 13th of a month
Good Friday or God Friday, the Friday preceding Easter
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
The last Friday before Christmas in the United Kingdom, a day when widespread anti-social behavior due to public alcohol consumption is expected to occur, and police are given additional powers to combat it[citation needed]
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 song by Grinspoon
"Black Friday", a song by Steely Dan from Katy Lied
"Black Friday", a song by Megadeth
"Black Friday", a song by Cool Calm Pete feat. RJD2
"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", the title of a poem written by Dennis Rader, the BTK killer
"Black Friday", day United States Marine recruits are picked up by their Drill Instructors, after a week of receiving.
The term Black Friday was first used to describe Sept. 24, 1869 (see above, wiki has a link).
Black Friday Victoria Australia Jan 13 1939
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yZWpmea96U
I Wonder if lust may be refering to Fri 13th.
Lust--
I wouldn't say that most Westerners dread every single Friday in the calendar. There is a certain amount of pleasurable, ostentatious superstition when the 13th of the month falls of Friday, but this is more playful than not.
Supposedly Jesus Christ was crucified on Friday and therefore Friday is cursed, but very few people actually hold this belief.
Walter Hinteler,
Thanks !
But I am not able to look up anything in Wikipedia,though I have known the website before.This website which may contains shocked details of the truth is not allowed by the Chinese government .
...awful...
Actually, Friday, and especially Friday the thirteenth, is considered unlucky because it was the day the Knights Templar were raided and virtually eradicated by the French government on behalf of the Pope. The crucifixion may or may not have actually occurred on a Friday.
CowDoc--
According to the Pope's side, the Knights Templar were the bad guys. How come their view of Friday has lasted all these years?
I was born on a Friday (sniff)
x
Thursday's Child has far to go.
Friday's Child is loving and giving
Saturday's Child works hard for a living.
Good to see you back, Smorgs.
Thanks Noddy...
I love you and here's a big present for you.
x
Noddy, I have always thought that the Pope wasn't all that popular with the commoners. After all, the Knights Templar were well known (or at least thought) to have recaptured the Holy Land from the heretics, making them heroes with the locals. Thus, their reputation historically has superceded that of the Holy See. At least, that's my totally unfounded opinion.
The knights templar guard the secrets of jesus' offsprings and the grail.
CowDoc--
Most of what I know about the Knights Templar comes from Sir Walter Scott . Ivanhoe is a romantic novel, not a history.
I haven't read all of the Wiki article here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar
I think the Average Medieval Peasant counted on his/her local priest to keep track of the liturgical year. I doubt that many peasants could have located either Rome or the Holy Land, let alone followed the ins and outs of church politics.
Five years is a long time in an illiterate, backwater village.
This has really turned into an interesting thread. dadpad sent me to the archives, and I found this.
The Knights Templar were the most powerful military religious order of the Middle Ages. Formed to protect pilgrims in the Holy Land, they participated in the Crusades and rapidly gained wealth, lands and influence and were answerable to none save the Pope himself. In addition to having a fearful military reputation, they were also Christendom's first bankers, and invented the modern banking system that is still in use today, and were also involved in exploration and engineering. Seemingly untouchable for nearly two centuries, the Templars fell from grace spectacularly after the loss of the Holy Land: in 1307, all Templars in France were arrested on charges of heresy, homosexuality, denial of the cross and devil worship. The order was suppressed by the Pope in 1312, and Jacques de Molay, the last Grand Master, was burnt at the stake as a heretic two years later.
The myth of the Templars was born and in the ensuing seven centuries, they have exerted a unique influence over European history: orthodox historians see them as nothing more than soldier-monks whose arrogance was their ultimate undoing, while others see them as occultists of the first order, the founders of Freemasonry, possessors of the Holy Grail and creators of the Turin Shroud. Sean Martin considers both the orthodox and conspiratorial version of events, and includes the latest revelations from the Vatican Library.
I hold the same wonder. I thought it was associated with St. Batholomew's day massacre.
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