Black Saturday may refer to:
Events Battles, massacres, and unrest Battle of Pinkie Cleugh or Black Saturday, a 1547 battle fought between the Scottish and the English Royal armies Black Saturday (Mau Movement), a 1929 killing of 11 unarmed people by New Zealand police during a Mau demonstration in Samoa Black Saturday, a day during the 1942 Battle of Gazala between the German Afrika Korps and British armoured divisions Operation Agatha or Black Saturday (1946), British arrests of Jewish paramilitaries in Palestine Cairo Fire or Black Saturday, a 1952 series of riots in Cairo Black Saturday (Cuban Missile Crisis), a day in 1962 when tensions reached their height Black Saturday or the Wekiduba massacre, the massacre of an Eritrean village by Ethiopian soldiers during the Eritrean War of Independence Massacre of the Sixty or Black Saturday, a 1974 execution of 60 senior Ethiopian officials by the country's ruling junta Black Saturday (Lebanon), a 1975 series of massacres and armed clashes in Beirut Black January or Black Saturday, a 1990 crackdown on Azeri demonstrations by the Soviet army 12 May Karachi riots or Black Saturday riots, 2007 political riots in Karachi, Pakistan October 7 attacks or Black Saturday, a 2023 military incursion including coordinated massacres in Israel
Natural events Black Saturday (1598), a total solar eclipse over Scotland Black Saturday (1621), a dark, stormy day in Scotland, taken as a sign of Armageddon Black Saturday (1988), the worst day of the fires in Yellowstone Park Black Saturday bushfires, a 2009 series of bushfires that burned across the Australian state of Victoria
Economic events Black Saturday (1900), the collapse of Dumbbell's Bank, Isle of Man, leading to numerous bankruptcies and poverty Black Saturday (1983), the crisis when the Hong Kong dollar exchange rate was at an all-time low
Other events Holy Saturday, the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday Black Saturday (France), the busiest day of the year when many people go on holiday Beaune coach crash, occurred on Black Saturday in July 1982 Black Saturday (1903), the collapse of a balcony section during a baseball game between the Boston Braves and Philadelphia Phillies, which killed 12 spectators and injured more than 200 Black Saturday (professional wrestling), a 1984 event when the World Wrestling Federation took over the TBS television time slots that had been home to Georgia Championship Wrestling Black Saturday demonstrations, an annual parade by the Royal Black Institution, a Protestant organisation in Northern Ireland
Music "Black Saturday", a 2012 song by Soundgarden from King Animal "Black Saturday", a 2014 song by Mando Diao from Ælita
Books Black Saturday: An Unfiltered Account of the October 7th Attack on Israel and the War in Gaza, by American journalist Trey Yingst
See also Bloody Saturday (disambiguation) Black Sabbath (disambiguation) Black Sunday (disambiguation) Bloody Sunday (disambiguation) Black Friday (disambiguation) Bloody Friday (disambiguation) Black Monday (disambiguation) Bloody Monday (disambiguation) Black Tuesday (disambiguation) Bloody Tuesday (disambiguation) Black Wednesday (disambiguation) Bloody Wednesday (disambiguation) Black Thursday Bloody Thursday (disambiguation)