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Black Monday

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Black Mondayrefers to specific Mondays when undesirable or turbulent events have occurred. It has been used to designate massacres, military battles, and stock market crashes.

Historic events

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Stock market losses

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Recurring events

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  • The day following the final Sunday of theNational Football Leagueregular season (Week 18) on which numerous coaches and general managers of underperforming teams are fired, their contracts are allowed to expire without renewal, or they resign their positions.[12]First use of the phrase was attributed by a pair of writers inThe New York Timesto a 1998Associated Pressstory, "Black Monday for NFL Coaches".[12]The term is also sometimes used in reference to the day following the annualNFL Draftwhere players' contracts may be terminated once new players are added to a roster.[13]
  • Anold schoolchildren'sname for the first Monday of the new year, whenwinter recessends and school resumes.[14]

See also

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References

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  1. ^Sir James Ware (13 January 2010).The antiquities and history of Ireland.
  2. ^Brand, John (1905) [1725].Brand's Popular Antiquities of Great Britain.Vol. I. London: Reeves and Turner. p. 53.
  3. ^"Brown vs. Board of Education at Fifty exhibit".The Library of Congress.Retrieved9 May2014.
  4. ^https:// youtube /watch?v=Hx2940wcooo
  5. ^ab"Berlin commuters face S-Bahn chaos".The Local.20 July 2009.Retrieved6 May2013.
  6. ^"Black Monday: Polish women strike against abortion ban".BBC.3 October 2016.Retrieved11 March2020.
  7. ^"Angry Sri Lankan protestors demand arrest of ex-minister Johnston Fernando".EconomyNext.25 May 2022.Retrieved25 May2022.
  8. ^"New evidence in Sri Lanka's 'Black Monday' mayhem".EconomyNext.23 May 2022.Retrieved25 May2022.
  9. ^Amadeo, Kimberly (10 March 2020)."Reconstructing the Stock Market Crash of 2008".thebalance.
  10. ^"Business Day on Twitter:" 'Black Monday': Xinhua calls it before trading even finishes @philipwen11 "".Twitter. 22 February 2009.Retrieved25 August2015.
  11. ^Belger, Tom (9 March 2020)."FTSE nosedives as oil shock wipes billions off stocks on 'Black Monday'".Yahoo Finance UK.Retrieved9 March2020.
  12. ^abKen Belson with Alain Delaqueriere,"Black Monday: Now a Ritual Whose Meaning is Clear,"New York Times,28 December 2013.
  13. ^"Second 2009" Black Monday "Unfolding In Several Cities Today".ProFootballTalk.Retrieved23 November2011.
  14. ^Webster 1913
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