None struck closer to home than Black Friday — the collapse of the U.S. gold market on September 24, 1869. At the root of ... when they used stock fraud and bribery to keep Cornelius Vanderbilt ...

The term “Black Friday” was first used not for holiday shopping, but to describe the U.S. gold market crash on September 24, 1869. Financiers Jay Gould and Jim Fisk tried to corner the gold market, ...

Is the Stock Market Open or Closed on Black Friday? The New York Stock Exchange ... the term was used to describe the U.S. gold market crash in September 1869. Sales during “Cyber Week ...

But "Black Friday" has not always been associated with holiday spending. Its first recorded use was to describe the gold market crash on Sept. 24, 1869, according to The History Channel.