Black Sunday may refer to historical events which occurred on a Sunday, or the names of several creative works.
[edit] Historical events
- 1926, February 14: A day of major bushfires in Victoria, Australia during the 1925-26 Victorian bushfire season
- 1935, April 14: Black Sunday (storm), a large dust storm that swept across the Midwestern United States
- 1944, June 11: At the Battle of Le Mesnil-Patry, Canadian forces were decimated during an attack against German Panzer divisions
- 1955, January 2: Black Sunday (1955), a series of bushfires in South Australia
- 1955, July 17: The opening day of Disneyland Park (Anaheim)
- 1982, May 2: The Colony Shale Oil Project was cancelled by Exxon
- 1984, January 22: Super Bowl XVIII was won by the black-uniformed Los Angeles Raiders
- 1991, November 24: In the Belgian general election, 1991, the extreme right-wing party Vlaams Blok gained numerous seats[citation needed]
- 1994, May 1: Death of Ayrton Senna, the result of a crash during the San Marino Grand Prix
- 1998, April 26: The Denver International Airport Automated Guideway Transit System failed, affecting 5,000 passengers[citation needed]
- 2001, February 18: Death of Dale Earnhardt, the result of a crash during the Daytona 500
- 2010, October 31: 2010 Baghdad church attack, a terrorist attack on a church in Baghdad
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[edit] See also
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White March, Green March (both from the verb), Pink Friday (a music album), Blue October, Black Winter (this last two, music bands), White Summer (a song),
Red August (a film), Red April, Black Summer, Blue Spring (this last three, books, and the last also a film),
Yellow Spring, Green Spring, Silver Spring (this last four, mainly places in the US), also exist but do not refer to a date. They are marked with a slash but not coloured. |
