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Black Wednesday, or the 1992 sterling crisis, was a financial crisis that occurred on 16 September 1992 when the UK Government was forced to withdraw sterling from the (first) European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM I), following a failed attempt to keep its exchange rate above the lower limit required for ERM participation.
A 2009 Imperial College London study of records for 300,000 patients at 170 hospitals between 2000 and 2008 found that death rates were 6 percent higher on Black Wednesday than the previous Wednesday. The study also found that typically fewer patients attended A&E on the first Wednesday in August than the previous week. [24]
On October 28, "Black Monday", [17] more investors facing margin calls decided to get out of the market, and the slide continued with a record loss in the Dow for the day of 38.33 points, or 12.82%. [18] On October 29, 1929, "Black Tuesday" hit Wall Street as investors traded some 16 million shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day ...
Black Monday (also known as Black Tuesday in some parts of the world due to time zone differences) was the global, severe and largely unexpected [1] stock market crash on Monday, October 19, 1987. Worldwide losses were estimated at US$1.71 trillion. [ 2 ]
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Black Wednesday, Wednesday 26th March 1986, the day when Swindon Works closed after 143 years of operation. Black Wednesday, a day of mass sexual assault in Egypt in 2005 The most prolific day with Tornadoes in Recorded History, 2011 Super Outbreak , which saw 216 tornadoes with 15 Violent Tornadoes and 4 EF5 Tornadoes.
The ashes used for Ash Wednesday are the burnt remains of the palm branches used the previous year on Palm Sunday. Each year, these branches are burned down into a fine powder, often mixed with ...
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