Black day
Black day literally denotes an unlucky day, usually in the sense of a chain of negative events.
The origin of the expression can be traced back to the Latin dies ater ( dies : day, ater : black / dull). In the Imperium Romanum , when the army suffered severe defeats - for example in the battles of Cannae or Allia - the term "dies ater" was used. On days after such defeats, official business was generally suspended. Culturally, black in the western world stands, among other things, for grief, for evil or for a threat.
An example of a black day with an accumulation of negative events can be October 27, 1962, the climax of the Cuban Missile Crisis , which went down in history as " Black Saturday ". On that day, a U-2 was shot down over Cuba, a nuclear weapons test was carried out in the USA and a Soviet nuclear -armed submarine was shot at by US naval units. On this Saturday the world was so close to a nuclear war as never before and never after.
September 16, 1992, when the pound crisis escalated in Great Britain , is also known as Black Wednesday .
Other well-known black days include:
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Exchange-related :
- Black Monday - October 19, 1987, stock market crash
- Black Tuesday - October 29, 1929, stock market crisis five days after Black Thursday, beginning of the Great Depression
- Black Wednesday - September 16, 1992, stock market crisis in the European Monetary System (EMS)
- Black Thursday - October 24, 1929, the start of the most momentous stock market crash in history
- Black Friday , stock market crises in different years, the first on September 24, 1869
- Political History:
- Black Day of the German Army on August 8, 1918, start of the Allied final offensive
- Sivas arson attack on July 2, 1993, is considered Black Day (Black Friday) in Turkey and the Alevis
- Black Saturday December 6th, 1975, the beginning of the Lebanese Civil War
- Black Saturday on October 27, 1962 during the Cuban Missile Crisis
- Black Saturday of the Tunisian student revolt on February 5, 1972
- As film title:
- Black Sunday 1977 filmed by John Frankenheimer based on a novel by Thomas Harris
In South Korea , the 14. April the Black Day and complements the Western Valentine's Day (14 February), and the Japanese White Day (March 14). Those who missed out on these days will eat Jajangmyeon as a consolation on Black Day .