FOX43 visited Tanger Outlets in Lancaster County to ask if Pennsylvanian shoppers know the history of Black Friday. “Absolutely no idea,” said Amanda Piccolo and Anne Aguilar. “Not really ...

Black Friday refers to the Friday following Thanksgiving in the United States and is widely recognised as the start of the Christmas shopping season. This year, it falls on November 29.

As the official kickoff of the holiday shopping season, Black Friday has long been a crucial day for retailers. But the storied day of doorbuster deals has changed quite a bit in recent years.

None struck closer to home than Black Friday — the collapse of the U.S. gold market on September 24, 1869. At the root of the scandal were two well-known scoundrels, Jay Gould and Jim Fisk.