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  2. Black Friday (shopping) - Wikipedia

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    Thanksgiving, Small Business Saturday, Cyber Monday, Giving Tuesday, Christmas, Buy Nothing Day. Black Friday is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the United States. It traditionally marks the start of the Christmas shopping season in the United States. Many stores offer highly promoted sales at discounted prices and often open early, sometimes ...

  3. Why is it called Black Friday? Here's the real history behind ...

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    Some explanations of Black Friday claim that the holiday references a 19th-century term for the day after Thanksgiving, during which plantation owners could buy slaves at discount prices. This ...

  4. Black Friday - Wikipedia

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    Black Friday (1881), the Eyemouth, Scotland disaster in which 189 fishermen died. Black Friday (1910), day of police brutality on women's suffrage activists in England. Black Friday (1916), October 20, the day a "perfect storm" hit Lake Erie in North America, sinking four ships. Black Friday (1919), the Battle of George Square, a riot stemming ...

  5. Attention Shoppers: Learn the Surprising History Behind Black ...

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    Black Friday is considered one of the top shopping days of the year, but do you know the interesting history behind the day? Learn all about Black Friday here!

  6. Romanian Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Romanian Wikipedia (abr. ro.wiki or ro.wp; [1] Romanian: Wikipedia în limba română) is the Romanian language edition of Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Started on 12 July 2003, as of 24 September 2024 this edition has 483,318 articles and is the 31st largest Wikipedia edition. [2] In December 2004, users on the Romanian Wikipedia ...

  7. Pop Quiz: A Brief and Bizarre History of Black Friday - AOL

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    Once upon a time, Black Friday was a magical, mysterious night, a yearly tradition that landed somewhere between trick-or-treating and midnight mass. For shoppers with a mercenary bent, it offered ...

  8. List of Black Fridays - Wikipedia

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    Black Friday (1939), a day of devastating bushfires (13 January) in Victoria, Australia, which killed 71 people. Black Friday (1942), an air raid on Dartmouth, Devon (18 September). Black Friday (1944), a disastrous attack by The Black Watch (Royal Highland Regiment) of Canada (13 October) near Woensdrecht during the Battle of the Scheldt.

  9. Cyber Monday - Wikipedia

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    The term "Cyber Monday" was coined by Ellen Davis, [6] [7] and was first used within the ecommerce community during the 2005 holiday season. [8] According to Scott Silverman, the head of Shop.org, the term was coined based on 2004 research showing "one of the biggest online shopping days of the year" was the Monday after Thanksgiving (12th-biggest day historically). [9]