"Blue Monday (date) Blue Monday is a name given to a day in January (typically the third Monday of the month) claimed to be the most depressing day of the year. The concept was first publicised as part of a 2005 press release from holiday company Sky Travel, which claimed to have calculated the date using an equation. It takes into account weather conditions and thus only applies to the Northern Hemisphere. The idea is considered pseudoscience, with its formula derided by scientists as nonsensical. This date was published in a press release under the name of Cliff Arnall, at"
"Blue Christmas (holiday) Blue Christmas, also called the Longest Night in the Western Christian tradition, is a day in the Advent season marking the longest night of the year. On this day, some churches hold a church service that honors people who have lost loved ones in that year. The Holy Eucharist is traditionally a part of the service of worship on this day. Some churches hold a service of worship on the longest night of the year, which falls on or about December 21st, the Winter Solstice. There is an interesting convergence for this day as it is also"
"Black Monday in 1987. The fall that week of 21% compared to a 28.3% fall 21 years earlier, but some traders were saying it was worse. ""At least then it was a short, sharp, shock on one day. This has been relentless all week."" Business Week also referred to the crisis as a ""stock market crash"" or the ""Panic of 2008"". From October 6–10 the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) closed lower in all five sessions. Volume levels were record-breaking. The DJIA fell over 1,874 points, or 18%, in its worst weekly decline ever on both a points and percentage"
"Black Monday (1987) In finance, Black Monday refers to Monday, October 19, 1987, when stock markets around the world crashed. The crash began in Hong Kong and spread west to Europe, hitting the United States after other markets had already sustained significant declines. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) fell exactly 508 points to 1,738.74 (22.61%). In Australia and New Zealand, the 1987 crash is also referred to as ""Black Tuesday"" because of the time zone difference. The terms ""Black Monday"" and ""Black Tuesday"" are also respectively applied to October 28 and October 29, 1929, which occurred after Black Thursday"
"that ""you can have an infinitely good weekend by staying at home and cutting your travel time to zero"". Dean Burnett, a neuroscientist who has worked in the psychology department of Cardiff University, has described the work as ""farcical"", with ""nonsensical measurements"". Arnall also says, in a press release commissioned by Wall's, that he has calculated the happiest day of the year—in 2005, 24 June, in 2006, 23 June, in 2007, 20 June in 2009, 19 June, and in 2010, 18 June. So far, this date has fallen close to Midsummer in the Northern Hemisphere (June 21 to 24). Blue"
"storm and other historical events in a two-part song on her 2001 album ""Time (The Revelator)"": ""April the 14th Part I"" and ""Ruination Day Part II"". Black Sunday (storm) Black Sunday refers to a particularly severe dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935, as part of the Dust Bowl. It was one of the worst dust storms in American history and it caused immense economic and agricultural damage. It is estimated to have displaced 300 million tons of topsoil from the prairie area in the US. On the afternoon of April 14, the residents of the Plains States were"
"Black Monday (2011) In finance and investing, Black Monday 2011 refers to August 8, 2011, when US and global stock markets crashed following the Friday night credit rating downgrade by Standard and Poor's of the United States sovereign debt from AAA, or ""risk free"", to AA+. It was the first time in history the United States was downgraded. Moody's issued a report during morning trading which said their AAA rating of U.S. credit was in jeopardy, this after issuing a negative outlook in the previous week. By market close, the Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 634.76 points (-5.55%) to close"
"Blue Monday (New Order song) ""Blue Monday"" is a song by the British rock band New Order. It was released as a 12-inch single on 7 March 1983 through Factory Records and later as a 7-inch single through Tonpress in 1985. It appeared on certain cassette and CD versions of the band's second studio album, ""Power, Corruption & Lies"" (1983). ""Blue Monday"" is a synth-pop and alternative dance song that drew inspirations from many works of other artists. The 12"" single was backed with a primarily instrumental version of the song entitled ""The Beach"" on the B-side. The single's unique"
"U.S. under the view of alternative definitions. Using the second definition of depression, most economists refer to the Great Depression, as the period between 1929 and 1941. On the other hand, using the first definition, the depression that started in August 1929 lasted until March 1933. Note that NBER, which publishes the recession (instead of depression) dates for the U.S. economy, has identified two recessions during that period. The first between August 1929 and March 1933 and the second starting in May 1937 and ending in June 1938. Today the term ""depression"" is most often associated with the Great Depression"
"farm workers redundant. Often they moved to nearby industrial towns and cities. The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place after 1929. The timing varied across nations; in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century. The depression originated in the United States and became worldwide news with the stock market crash of October 29, 1929 (known as Black Tuesday). Between 1929 and 1932, worldwide GDP fell by an estimated 15%. By comparison, worldwide GDP fell by less than"
"Black Monday of October 1987, as a result of a stock collapse of unprecedented size which caused the Dow Jones Industrial Average to fall by 22.6%. This collapse, larger than the stock market crash of 1929, was handled effectively by the global economy and the stock market began to quickly recover. But in North America, the lumbering savings and loans industry was facing decline, which eventually led to a savings and loan crisis which compromised the well-being of millions of US people. The following recession thus impacted the many countries closely linked to the USs, including Australia. Paul Keating, who"
"businesses owned by Latter-Day Saints close early on Mondays so they and their customers are able to spend more time with their families. A number of popular songs in Western culture feature Monday, often as a day of depression, anxiety, avolition, hysteria, or melancholy (mostly because of its association with the first day of the work week). For example, ""Monday, Monday"" (1966) from the Mamas & the Papas, ""Rainy Days and Mondays"" (1971) from the Carpenters, ""I Don't Like Mondays"" (1979) from the Boomtown Rats, and ""Manic Monday"" (1986) from the Bangles (written by Prince). There is a band named"
"Black Sunday (storm) Black Sunday refers to a particularly severe dust storm that occurred on April 14, 1935, as part of the Dust Bowl. It was one of the worst dust storms in American history and it caused immense economic and agricultural damage. It is estimated to have displaced 300 million tons of topsoil from the prairie area in the US. On the afternoon of April 14, the residents of the Plains States were forced to take cover as a dust storm, or ""black blizzard"", blew through the region. The storm hit the Oklahoma Panhandle and Northwestern Oklahoma first, and"
"story. While none of the flight crew were injured as a result of the accident, famed aviator Floyd Bennett became ill and died while attempting to salvage the ""Bremen"" from Greenly Island. Edward Jackson personally covered ""Black Thursday,"" October 24, 1929 when Wall Street experienced the beginnings of the famed stock market crash leading to the infamous ""Black Tuesday"" on October 29, 1929 – the beginnings of the Great Depression. Jackson’s camera captured much of this tragedy over the next ten years. The worst and longest economic collapse in history, the depression spread to most of the world’s industrialized countries"
"bonds and other elements of the market. There have been a number of famous stock market crashes like the Wall Street Crash of 1929, the stock market crash of 1973–4, the Black Monday of 1987, the Dot-com bubble of 2000, and the Stock Market Crash of 2008. One of the most famous stock market crashes started October 24, 1929, on Black Thursday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 50% during this stock market crash. It was the beginning of the Great Depression. Another famous crash took place on October 19, 1987 – Black Monday. The crash began in Hong Kong"
"Blue Monday (comics) Blue Monday is a comic book series created, written and illustrated by Chynna Clugston Flores. The series follows the adventures of Bleu L. Finnegan and her friends as they attend high school during the early 1990s, specifically between the years 1991–93. Chynna Clugston Flores created ""Blue Monday"" during her own high school years in the early 90's, beginning with the characters Bleu and Clover. The series is named after the song by British post-punk band New Order. Between 1997 and 2000, individual short stories and one-pagers appeared in such publications as ""Dark Horse Presents,"" ""Action Girl Comics"""
"was believed lost until Autechre's Sean Booth asked Graham Massey to dig through his archive of old 808 State acid house material. Aphex Twin said at the time: ""If you're a dance music fan these recordings are almost like a missing link. Bands like New Order helped create house, acid and techno. This is 808 State paying homage to their elders."" Blue Monday (New Order song) ""Blue Monday"" is a song by the British rock band New Order. It was released as a 12-inch single on 7 March 1983 through Factory Records and later as a 7-inch single through Tonpress"
"it was clear that the economy was contracting, and the stock market went through a series of unsettling price declines. These declines fed investor anxiety, and events came to a head on October 24, 28, and 29 (known respectively as Black Thursday, Black Monday, and Black Tuesday). On Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 38.33 points to 260, a drop of 12.8%. The deluge of selling overwhelmed the ticker tape system that normally gave investors the current prices of their shares. Telephone lines and telegraphs were clogged and were unable to cope. This information vacuum only led to"
"rating, the global stock markets experienced a prolonged period of heightened selling activity ultimately resulting in the crash of Black Monday 2011. Black Monday (2011) In finance and investing, Black Monday 2011 refers to August 8, 2011, when US and global stock markets crashed following the Friday night credit rating downgrade by Standard and Poor's of the United States sovereign debt from AAA, or ""risk free"", to AA+. It was the first time in history the United States was downgraded. Moody's issued a report during morning trading which said their AAA rating of U.S. credit was in jeopardy, this after"
"Great Depression in the United States The Great Depression began in August 1929, when the United States economy first went into an economic recession. Although the country spent two months with declining GDP, it was not until the Wall Street Crash in October 1929 that the effects of a declining economy were felt, and a major worldwide economic downturn ensued. The stock market crash marked the beginning of a decade of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation, plunging farm incomes, and lost opportunities for economic growth as well as for personal advancement. Altogether, there was a general loss of confidence"
"Great Depression The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression that took place mostly during the 1930s, beginning in the United States. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations; in most countries it started in 1929 and lasted until the late-1930s. It was the longest, deepest, and most widespread depression of the 20th century. In the 21st century, the Great Depression is commonly used as an example of how intensely the world's economy can decline. The Great Depression started in the United States after a major fall in stock prices that began around September 4, 1929, and"
"eagle flies"", a metaphor for payday, which allows for carousing on Saturday. The lyrics end with Sunday, ""when the blues and spirituals converged [in] a continuation of a trend used by earlier Mississippi Delta blues singers"" and conclude with a prayer asking for the Lord's help because the singer's ""Crazy about my baby, yeah send her back to me"". Black & White Records released ""Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)"" in November 1947. It entered ""Billboard's"" Most Played Juke Box Race Records chart on January 24, 1948, and reached number five during a six-week stay. It"
"Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad) ""Call It Stormy Monday (But Tuesday Is Just as Bad)"" (commonly referred to as ""Stormy Monday"") is a song written and recorded by American blues electric guitar pioneer T-Bone Walker. It is a slow twelve-bar blues performed in the West Coast blues-style that features Walker's smooth, plaintive vocal and distinctive guitar work. As well as becoming a record chart hit in 1948, it inspired B.B. King and others to take up the electric guitar. ""Stormy Monday"" became Walker's best-known and most-recorded song. In 1961, Bobby ""Blue"" Bland further popularized the"
"were guided by false beliefs. January 2008 was an especially volatile month in world stock markets, with a surge in implied volatility measurements of the US-based S&P 500 index, and a sharp decrease in non-U.S. stock market prices on Monday, January 21, 2008 (continuing to a lesser extent in some markets on January 22). Some headline writers and a general news columnist called January 21 ""Black Monday"" and referred to a ""global shares crash,"" though the effects were quite different in different markets. The effects of these events were also felt on the Shanghai Composite Index in China which lost"
"Hollywood Black Friday Hollywood Black Friday or ""Bloody Friday"" is the name given, in the history of organized labor in the United States, to October 5, 1945. On that date, a six-month strike by the set decorators represented by the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU) boiled over into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios in Burbank, California. The strikes helped the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act in 1947 and led to the eventual breakup of the CSU and reorganization of the then-rival International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (IATSE) leadership. The Conference of Studio Unions was,"
"Monday. There were similar losses of over 7% on 25 August causing some commentators to call it Black Tuesday. In the week prior to Black Monday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average had fallen over concerns about the yuan, low gas prices, and uncertainty over the U.S. Federal Reserve's moves to raise interest rates. On Black Monday, the Dow dropped 1000 points at opening, the largest drop ever. ""Money"" magazine estimated that the potential negative impact on the United States stock market may come about when Chinese investors begin to seek out relatively stable U.S. investments in treasuries, stocks, and cash,"
"are available in a separate section of the catalog: FSA/OWI Color Photographs. The Great Depression began in August 1929, when the United States economy first went into an economic recession. Although the country spent two months with declining GDP, it was not until the Wall Street Crash in October 1929 that the effects of a declining economy were felt, and a major worldwide economic downturn ensued. The market crash marked the beginning of a decade of high unemployment, poverty, low profits, deflation, plunging farm incomes, and lost opportunities for economic growth and personal advancement. Although its causes are still uncertain"
"(in addition to albums) during the 1980s, such as Factory Records, who only ever released a handful of seven-inch singles. One of Factory's resident artists, alternative rock/dance quartet New Order, produced the biggest-selling twelve-inch record ever in the United Kingdom, ""Blue Monday"", selling about 800,000 copies on the format and over a million copies in total (not counting later remixes). It was somewhat helped by the fact that Factory did not release a seven-inch version of the single until 1988, five years after the single was originally released as a twelve-inch-only release. ""Blue Monday"" came in 76th on the 2002"
"Bloody Monday Bloody Monday was August 6, 1855, in Louisville, Kentucky, an election day, when Protestant mobs attacked German and Irish Catholic neighborhoods. These riots grew out of the bitter rivalry between the Democrats and the Nativist Know-Nothing Party. Multiple street fights raged, leaving twenty-two people dead, scores injured, and much property destroyed by fire. Five people were later indicted, but none were convicted, and the victims were not compensated. Bloody Monday was sparked by the Know Nothing political party (officially known as the American Party), fed in large part by the radical, inflammatory anti-immigrant writings, especially those of the"
"since 1945, detailed below, but terming these as ""depressions"" is controversial. The current economic cycle, which has comprised the most significant global crisis since the Great Depression, has at times been termed a depression, but this terminology is not widely used, with the episode instead being referred to by other terms, such as the ""Great Recession"". The Panic of 1837 was an American financial crisis, built on a speculative real estate market. The bubble burst on May 10, 1837 in New York City, when every bank stopped payment in gold and silver coinage. The Panic was followed by a five-year"
"contains roughly 11 days more than the number of days in 12 lunar cycles. The extra days accumulate, so every two or three years (seven times in the 19-year Metonic cycle), there is an extra full moon. The extra full moon necessarily falls in one of the four seasons, giving that season four full moons instead of the usual three, and, hence, a blue moon. The earliest recorded English usage of the term ""blue moon"" is found in an anti-clerical pamphlet (attacking the Roman clergy, and cardinal Thomas Wolsey in particular) by two converted Greenwich friars, William Roy and Jerome"
"time of the strike) alleged Communist Party membership which prompted Sorrell and CSU's slow descent into obscurity. Thomas Pynchon later would use some of these events as backstory in his novel ""Vineland"". Hollywood Black Friday Hollywood Black Friday or ""Bloody Friday"" is the name given, in the history of organized labor in the United States, to October 5, 1945. On that date, a six-month strike by the set decorators represented by the Conference of Studio Unions (CSU) boiled over into a bloody riot at the gates of Warner Brothers' studios in Burbank, California. The strikes helped the passage of the"
"2017, so that it could include the new miniseries, ""Thieves Like Us"". This date has now been pushed back to 2018 at the earliest, and Clugston Flores has said that its release may depend upon the success of ""Thieves Like Us"". Blue Monday (comics) Blue Monday is a comic book series created, written and illustrated by Chynna Clugston Flores. The series follows the adventures of Bleu L. Finnegan and her friends as they attend high school during the early 1990s, specifically between the years 1991–93. Chynna Clugston Flores created ""Blue Monday"" during her own high school years in the early"