"Black Monday" meaning in English

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Proper name

Head templates: {{en-proper noun|head=Black Monday}} Black Monday
  1. Any of certain Mondays when undesirable or turbulent events have occurred.
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  2. March 9, 2020, in the midst of the 2020 stock market crash, which resulted from market instability due to the COVID-19 pandemic. It was followed three days later by a similar event called Black Thursday.
    Sense id: en-Black_Monday-en-name-Pyt85xU1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 49 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 54 37 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 49 36
  3. (colloquial) The first Monday back at school after the holidays. Tags: colloquial Related terms: Black Friday, Green Monday (english: busy market day) Coordinate_terms: Black Tuesday, Black Thursday, Black Friday, blue Monday
    Sense id: en-Black_Monday-en-name-zlS-1QNK
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