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However, the one-day crash of Black Monday, October 19, 1987, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 22.6%, as well as Black Monday of March 16, 2020 (−12.9%), were worse in percentage terms than any single day of the 1929 crash (although the combined 25% decline of October 28–29, 1929, was larger than that of October 19, 1987, and ...
October 29 is the 302nd day of the year (303rd in leap years) ... (b. 1929) [193] 2019 – John Witherspoon, American actor and comedian (b. 1942) [194]
October 24: Wall Street Crash of 1929 begins. Stocks lose over 11% of their value upon the opening bell. October 25–27: Brief recovery on the market. October 29: 'Black Tuesday'. The New York Stock Exchange collapses, the Dow Jones closing down over 12%. October 30: one day recovery
How do you commemorate the worst stock market crash in history? With the news that another devastating economic implosion may be nearing its end. That's where America finds itself on the 80th ...
October 14 – The Philadelphia Athletics defeat the Chicago Cubs, 4 games to 1, to win their 4th World Series Title. October 24–29 – Wall Street Crash of 1929: Three multi-digit percentage drops wipe out more than $30 billion from the New York Stock Exchange (10 times greater than the annual budget of the federal government).
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 28: U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a reception in celebration of Diwali at the White House on October 28, 2024 in Washington, DC.
October 12, 1929: James Scullin wins election to become new Prime Minister of Australia October 24, 1929: Panic selling begins on Wall Street when the New York Stock Exchange opens as investors scramble to pay "margin calls", a day commemorated as "Black Thursday" and as the start of the Great Depression October 3, 1929: The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes officially shortens name to ...
Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The father of the social safety net, FDR signed the Social Security Bill into law on Aug. 14, 1935. He had called on Congress to craft a social insurance policy just 14 ...