Great Depression By eelynch89@yahoo.com Aug 3, 1929 Dow reached 381.7 Oct 24, 1929 Black Thursday--DOW dropped 11% Nov 23, 1929 Stock Market Hit Bottom Dec 11, 1929 Bank of the US fails--largest banking failure of all time 1931 Food Riots in MSP 1932 Reconstruction Finance Corporation Jul 8, 1932 Dow Bottomed out at 41.22 Mar 9, 1933 New Deal by FDR 1938 Economic Growth! Great Depression OVER! Nov 23, 1954 Dow reached 382.74--highest since the Great Depression!