Stocks

Econ Stocks Timeline

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    Econ Stocks Timeline

  • Minimum wage of $1 per hour in effect.

  • Stock margin requirements cut from 70 percent to 50 percent.

  • Teamster strike, 11 western states.

    Lasted until September 17,1958

  • UAW-Ford strike.

    Lasted until September 29,1958

  • UAW-GM strike.

    Lasted until October 28,1958

  • West Coast shipyard strike.

    Lasted until October 22,1959

  • American Motors Corporation-UAW profit-sharing pact announced.

  • Revision of depreciation schedules announced by Treasury.

  • President Kennedy assassinated.

  • Northern California floods.

    Lasted till Decemeber 24,1964

  • Los Angeles riots, Watts area.

    Lasted til August 17,1965

  • Increased social security taxes in effect.

  • Steel price rises announced.

  • UAW strike against GM.

    Lasted until November 23,1970

  • King Faisal assassinated.

  • ICC begins trucking industry deregulation.

  • President Reagan signs the farm subsidy bill into law, creating a 5 year plan to bail out the Farm Credit System.

  • Dow Jones Industrial average topped the 5000 mark.

  • Dow Jones industrials hit record high of 11,722.98.

  • Facebook filed for an IPO.

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