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Black Thursday can mean
- February 6, 1851, when fires severely burnt Victoria, Australia and reports of the temperature reaching 117°F (or 47°C) in the capital of Melbourne, but since the Bureau of Meteorology had not been established, this has never been verified or considered official. These fires were the most severe in terms of size to hit Victoria in recorded history, burning 5 million hectares (50,000 square kilometres) or nearly one quarter of the state's land area. (Source: Melbourne 'Age' article, 18 January 2007)
- October 24, 1929, the start of the Wall Street Crash of 1929 at the New York Stock Exchange.
- October 14, 1943, when the Allies suffered large losses in the bombing raid on Schweinfurt.
- Black World Wide Web protest, a 1996 protest against the Communications Decency Act in the United States.
- Jueves negro, 24 July 2003: pre-election rioting in Guatemala City
