Black Thursday Explained

Black Thursday is a term used to refer to typically negative, notable events that have occurred on a Thursday. It has been used in the following cases:

• 21 June 1877 execution of 10 suspected leaders of the "Molly Maguires"^[1]
• 8 November 1901 (21 November in the Gregorian calendar), the climax of the gospel riots in Athens.^[2]
• 24 October 1929, start of the Wall Street Crash of 1929.^[3]
• 14 October 1943, when the USAAF suffered large losses during bombing in the second Schweinfurt raid during World War II^[4]
• 12 April 1951, during the Korean War, when 25% of the Far East Air Force B-29 bombing force were damaged or destroyed by Soviet MiG-15s in MiG Alley.
• 21 November 1968, day of protests by students at University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh^[5]
• 12 April 1973, clashes between the police and right-wing demonstrators in Milan resulted in the killing of policeman Antonio Marino.^[6]
• 30 May 1975, the massacre of about 50 Lebanese Christians in the area of Bashoura in West Beirut.
• 3 September 1987, known as the "Black Thursday of Warsaw Transit", when in two separate rail accidents in Warsaw, Poland, had died 15 people
• 24 July 2003, Jueves negro (Spanish for "Black Thursday"), when violent political demonstrations created havoc in Guatemala City
• 30 September 2009, when the Irish government revealed to its people the alleged full cost of bailing out Anglo-Irish Bank^{[7] [8]}
• 15 November 2018, the Franco-Ontarian jeudi noir when the government of Ontario announced the elimination of several Franco-Ontarian institutions^[9]
• 12 March 2020, Black Thursday stock market crash
• A massacre during the 2022 Chadian protests
• "Black Thursday", the week day preceding Black Friday

See also

• Bloody Thursday (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Legend of the Molly Maguires Pennsylvania Center for the Book . www.pabook.libraries.psu.edu . 18 January 2023.
2. Carabott. Philip. 1993. Politics, orthodoxy, and the language question in Greece: the Gospel Riots of 1901. Journal of Mediterranean Studies. 3. 1. 117–138. 1016-3476. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120207054728/http://www.arts.yorku.ca/hist/tgallant/documents/carabottgospelriot_000.pdf. 7 February 2012.
3. Web site: 5 September 2022 . stock market crash of 1929 . 2022-10-06 . www.britannica.com . Encyclopedia Britannica . en.
4. Web site: Black Thursday: Schweinfurt, October 14, 1943 . National Museum of the United States Air Force™ . 15 October 2021.
5. Web site: Black Thursday (November 21, 1968) . 3 August 2012 . Wisconsin Historical Society . 15 September 2021.
6. Book: Ferrari, Saverio . 2016 . Italian. 12 April 1973. The 'Black Thursday' of Milan. When the fascists killed policeman Antonio Marino. 12 aprile 1973. Il 'giovedì nero' di Milano. Quando i fascisti uccisero l'agente Antonio Marino . Unaltrastoria . 978-8867181179.
7. News: Bleak outlook after Irish banks bail out. 30 September 2010. BBC News.
8. News: Lenihan on Black Thursday. 30 September 2010. Evening Herald.
9. Web site: Vachet. Benjamin. Le " jeudi noir " de l'Ontario français. 25 November 2018. ONFR.