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Econ Stocks Timeline
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Minimum wage of $1 per hour in effect.
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Stock margin requirements cut from 70 percent to 50 percent.
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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.
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Revision of depreciation schedules announced by Treasury.
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President Kennedy assassinated.
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Northern California floods.
Lasted till Decemeber 24,1964 -
Los Angeles riots, Watts area.
Lasted til August 17,1965 -
Increased social security taxes in effect.
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Steel price rises announced.
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UAW strike against GM.
Lasted until November 23,1970 -
King Faisal assassinated.
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ICC begins trucking industry deregulation.
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President Reagan signs the farm subsidy bill into law, creating a 5 year plan to bail out the Farm Credit System.
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Dow Jones Industrial average topped the 5000 mark.
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Dow Jones industrials hit record high of 11,722.98.
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Facebook filed for an IPO.