Black Monday

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Sure, Alan Greenspan had to deal with the Black Monday stock-market crash two months after he took charge.

From MarketWatch • May 22, 2026

Buffett’s letters grew more popular beyond just Berkshire shareholders around Black Monday in 1987, said Lawrence Cunningham, author of “The Essays of Warren Buffett,” a book compiling Buffett’s letters.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 15, 2026

With NFL’s Black Monday already in full swing, other teams are likely to make similar moves.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 5, 2026

Yet, despite the magnitude of the declines—the rest of Dow’s top six single-day drops include three sessions from 1929 and Black Monday of Oct.

From Barron's • Nov. 5, 2025

There is nothing of Black Monday about the first day of term at a public school.

From A Prefect's Uncle by Wodehouse, P. G. (Pelham Grenville)