Black Monday

基本解釋

The FTSE slid 8% yesterday - its biggest drop since Black Monday in 1987.
昨天FTSE（英國富時100指數(shù)，英國的股市指數(shù)）大跌了8%，這是1987年黑色星期一以來最大的跌幅。
This was followed swiftly by Black Monday on October 28 and Black Tuesday on October 29.
10月28日的黑色星期一和29日的黑色星期二緊隨而至。
That was 20 years ago. Black Monday, October 19th 1987, was the day stockmarkets plunged; and Alan Greenspan, who won his central-banking spurs in that crisis, was the Fed chairman (see article).
20年前, 1987年的10月19日被稱爲(wèi)黑色星期一, 那天股市遭遇崩磐; 時任美聯(lián)儲主蓆艾倫?格林斯潘在那場危機(jī)中作爲(wèi)央行行長聲名鵲起.

Black widows are also suspected in Monday's bombings in Moscow.
"We felt like no matter how non-violent you were, unless you had a law on the books or a decree by a court, that the same restaurant that could open up its door to a black person on Monday could close it on Tuesday if there were no law demanding it be kept open."

Before Black Monday (October 19), the Dow had already declined 18% from its August peak.
FORBES: Fears That Sparked Black Monday In 1987 Dormant But Not Dead
The 23% Black Monday drop in 1987 left a divot that was quickly filled in.
FORBES: Magazine Article