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Surveyers placed the site of "Wall Street" along the old stockade put up in 1653
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Twenty-four brokers and merchants met on Wall Street to sign the Buttonwood Agreement. This document agreed to trade securities on a commision basis. This was the official start of the NYSE.
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The Great Fire destroys over 700 buildings in New York City. To be safe, the NYS&EB moved to a temporary headquarters.
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The New York Stock & Exchange Board (NYS&EB) becomes the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE); which is what it still is today.
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The Echange closed for Over a week after The loss of thePresident.
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The first stock ticker, revolutionized the stock market by bringing current prices to investors everywhere.
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On April 22, the NYSE moved into its new quarters at 18 Broad Street. The new trading floor, which is still used today, is 60% larger than the previous floor.
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On October 24, Black Thursday, stock prices fell sharply with record volume of nearly 13 million shares. Five days later, the market crashes on volume of over 16 million shares -- a level not to be surpassed for 39 years. In popular imagery, the crash has come to mark the beginning of the Great Depression
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The first full-time salaried president of the exchange was William McCesney Martin Jr.
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Known today as the Interactive Education Center, the gallery floor was opened to the public this year.
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Women are allowed to work on the trading floor of the exchange. This event ends the "men only" tradition.
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The first woman member of the Echange was Muriel Siebert.
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The NYSE is incorporated as a not-for-profit corporation.
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Bruno Des Forges became the first non-US member of the Exchange.
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The Dow Jones Industrial Avg. plunges 554 points on this day, triggering the "circuit breaker" rule for the first time. Trading halted at 3:30 pm.
