History of Friday in Timeline

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Friday

Friday is the day of the week positioned between Thursday and Saturday. Its ordinal position varies depending on the cultural convention of the week's starting day: it's the sixth day in 'Sunday-first' countries and the fifth day in 'Monday-first' countries, as per ISO 8601.

1962: Invention of the Filet-O-Fish

In 1962, Lou Groen, a McDonald's franchise owner, invented the Filet-O-Fish sandwich to combat declining hamburger sales on Fridays due to the Roman Catholic practice of abstaining from meat.

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1983: 1983 Code of Canon Law

In 1983, the Code of Canon Law authorized episcopal conferences to allow other forms of penance to replace abstinence from meat.

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September 1, 2006: Weekend Change in Bahrain and UAE

On September 1, 2006, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) changed their weekend to a Friday-Saturday weekend.

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