Black Wednesday was a British financial crisis on 16 September 1992.
Black Wednesday may also refer to: Other one-time events: 9 January 1878: Black Wednesday 1878, a political crisis in Victoria, Australia September 15, 1954: Black Wednesday 1954, a 1954 air traffic control crisis caused by severe weather in the East Coast of the United States September 27, 1968: Black Wednesday 1968, a day of despair in the 1967 Chicago White Sox season April 3, 1974: Black Wednesday 1974 – 1974 Super Outbreak, the most violent tornado outbreak on record with 30 out of 148 tornadoes being of F4-F5 intensity, with 7 F5 tornadoes recorded February 25, 1981: Black Wednesday 1981, when Michael Scott fired forty employees at Apple Computer 26 March 1986: Black Wednesday 1986, the day when Swindon Works closed after 143 years of operation 25 May 2005: Black Wednesday 2005, a day of mass sexual assault in Egypt April 27, 2011: Black Wednesday 2011 – 2011 Super Outbreak, the most prolific day with tornadoes in recorded history, which saw 216 tornadoes with 15 violent tornadoes and 4 EF5 tornadoes 26 June 2013: Black Wednesday 2013, the first Wednesday of the 2013 Wimbledon Championships in which a number of former world number ones got knocked out in the second round of the tournament 8 April 2026: Black Wednesday 2026, Israeli attacks in Lebanon which killed more than 300 people Black Wednesday (comic), a 1959 Disney comic by Carl Barks Black Wednesday (NHS), the first Wednesday of August when newly qualified doctors start and resident doctors rotate in the UK's National Health Service
See also Bloody Wednesday (disambiguation)