Black Friday 2025 falls on Friday, Nov. 28.

It is an annual shopping event that takes place the day after Thanksgiving. The first recorded use of the term “Black Friday” was in 1869 when the U.S. gold market crashed.

There have also been other recorded uses of the term throughout history.

In the 1950s, Philadelphia police used the term to describe the chaos that took place the day after Thanksgiving due to crowds gathering for football games on Saturday, according to History.com .

Police would often work extra shifts because shoplifters took advantage of the chaos.

Black Friday was not viewed positively until the late 1980s, when retailers reinvented the term.

Today, Black Friday refers to a dedicated day of the year where stores extend their hours, offer major sales and malls bec

See Full Page