Black Friday massacre
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The Black Friday massacre refers to the deadly crackdown by Iranian security forces on protestors in Tehran on 8 September 1978, a pivotal and brutal event during the Iranian Revolution.
All labels observed (1)
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| Black Friday massacre canonical | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T5435136 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Black Friday massacre Context triple: [Black Friday (8 September 1978), alsoKnownAs, Black Friday massacre]
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Columbine High School massacre
The Columbine High School massacre was a 1999 school shooting in Littleton, Colorado, in which two students murdered 13 people and wounded many others before killing themselves, becoming a defining event in debates over gun violence and school safety in the United States.
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Greysteel massacre
The Greysteel massacre was a 1993 mass shooting in a bar in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, carried out by loyalist paramilitaries during the Troubles.
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Hamburg massacre
The Hamburg massacre was an 1876 white supremacist attack in Hamburg, South Carolina, in which armed Democrats killed and terrorized Black militiamen and citizens to help overthrow Reconstruction-era Republican rule.
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D.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
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E.
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was a notorious 1929 gangland killing in Chicago in which seven members of Bugs Moran's North Side Gang were murdered, widely believed to have been orchestrated by Al Capone, symbolizing the violent criminal underworld of the Prohibition era.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: Black Friday massacre Target entity description: The Black Friday massacre refers to the deadly crackdown by Iranian security forces on protestors in Tehran on 8 September 1978, a pivotal and brutal event during the Iranian Revolution.
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A.
Columbine High School massacre
The Columbine High School massacre was a 1999 school shooting in Littleton, Colorado, in which two students murdered 13 people and wounded many others before killing themselves, becoming a defining event in debates over gun violence and school safety in the United States.
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B.
Greysteel massacre
The Greysteel massacre was a 1993 mass shooting in a bar in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland, carried out by loyalist paramilitaries during the Troubles.
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C.
Hamburg massacre
The Hamburg massacre was an 1876 white supremacist attack in Hamburg, South Carolina, in which armed Democrats killed and terrorized Black militiamen and citizens to help overthrow Reconstruction-era Republican rule.
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D.
Weenen massacre
The Weenen massacre was an 1838 killing of Voortrekker settlers by Zulu forces in present-day South Africa, which became a pivotal flashpoint in the conflict between the Voortrekkers and the Zulu Kingdom.
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E.
Saint Valentine's Day Massacre
The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre was a notorious 1929 gangland killing in Chicago in which seven members of Bugs Moran's North Side Gang were murdered, widely believed to have been orchestrated by Al Capone, symbolizing the violent criminal underworld of the Prohibition era.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (38)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
human rights violation
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massacre ⓘ political repression event ⓘ |
| aftermath |
increased support for revolutionary leadership
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intensified strikes and protests across Iran ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Black Friday
ⓘ
Jomʿe-ye Sīāh ⓘ |
| cause |
crackdown on mass protests against Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi
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imposition of martial law in Tehran ⓘ |
| conflict | Iranian Revolution ⓘ |
| country | Iran ⓘ |
| date | 1978-09-08 ⓘ |
| deathTollEstimate |
dozens to hundreds killed
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hundreds injured ⓘ |
| hasContext |
late stages of the Pahlavi dynasty
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widespread protests in 1978 ⓘ |
| location |
Jaleh Square
ⓘ
Tehran ⓘ |
| opposedBy |
Iranian opposition groups
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linked to:
Iranian human rights movement
religious leaders critical of the Shah ⓘ |
| partOf | Iranian Revolution ⓘ |
| perpetrator |
Imperial Iranian Army
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Iranian security forces ⓘ Pahlavi regime ⓘ
linked to:
Pahlavi dynasty
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| relatedTo |
Islamic Revolution of 1979
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linked to:
Iranian Revolution
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi ⓘ
linked to:
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi
Pahlavi dynasty ⓘ martial law in Iran (1978) ⓘ |
| result |
escalation of the Iranian Revolution
ⓘ
loss of legitimacy of the Pahlavi monarchy ⓘ mass civilian casualties ⓘ radicalization of opposition to the Shah ⓘ |
| significance |
symbol of state brutality in Iran
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turning point in the Iranian Revolution ⓘ |
| target |
anti-government protestors
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demonstrators in Jaleh Square ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1970s
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20th century ⓘ |
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Input
Subject: Black Friday massacre Description of subject: The Black Friday massacre refers to the deadly crackdown by Iranian security forces on protestors in Tehran on 8 September 1978, a pivotal and brutal event during the Iranian Revolution.
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