Econ Stocks Timeline

Econ Stocks Timeline

Period: Jan 1, 1956 to Jan 1, 2013

Minimum wage of $1 per hour in effect.

Mar 1, 1956

Stock margin requirements cut from 70 percent to 50 percent.

Jan 15, 1958

Teamster strike, 11 western states.

Aug 11, 1958

Lasted until September 17,1958

UAW-Ford strike.

Sep 17, 1958

Lasted until September 29,1958

UAW-GM strike.

Oct 2, 1958

Lasted until October 28,1958

West Coast shipyard strike.

Aug 24, 1959

Lasted until October 22,1959

American Motors Corporation-UAW profit-sharing pact announced.

Aug 26, 1961

Revision of depreciation schedules announced by Treasury.

Jul 11, 1962

President Kennedy assassinated.

Nov 22, 1963

Northern California floods.

Dec 22, 1964

Lasted till Decemeber 24,1964

Los Angeles riots, Watts area.

Aug 11, 1965

Lasted til August 17,1965

Increased social security taxes in effect.

Jan 1, 1966

Steel price rises announced.

Aug 30, 1967

UAW strike against GM.

Sep 14, 1970

Lasted until November 23,1970

King Faisal assassinated.

Mar 25, 1975

ICC begins trucking industry deregulation.

Jul 3, 1980

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

Dec 23, 1985

Dow Jones Industrial average topped the 5000 mark.

Nov 20, 1995

Dow Jones industrials hit record high of 11,722.98.

Jul 14, 2000

Facebook filed for an IPO.

Feb 1, 2012