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24 stock-broking men designed the rules and regulations regarding how to buy and sell company shares and bonds.
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The signers of the Buttonwood Agreement named their exchange the New York Stock and Exchange Board.
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More space for business dealing was required, so architects came together to design a work place specifically to house the stock market, which officially opened on this date.
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The stock market crash of this day marked the beginning of the Great Depression, as around 16 million shares were traded in a single day.
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Stock markets crash around the world
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Buyout of United Airlines Failed, resulting in a crash
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Spurred on by plummets in Asian markets, the DOW fell over 7.2% in one day, and the NYSE was halted in the middle of the day due to a circuit crash to discourage another selling spree, to little avail.
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This was a result of the September 11 attacks, breaching the world technology "bubble."
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Warnings of rising inflation sent the NASDAQ into its worst day ever and DOW into a frenzy, with the DOW losing 618 points, or 5.7%.
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With exorbitant job losses and damage costs, these natural disasters are responsible for further financial damages to the U.S. economy in oil and gasoline prices
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This day marks some of the worst values since the Great Depression, with the stock panic caused by the House's inability to pass a bill to assuage the situation, resulting in the worst single-day losses in history.
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This is the fifth-largest plunge in history, dating exactly one year since S&P 500's highest spike,
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President Bush announced that the government would partially control the nine largest banks in the nation, and with the recession in full swing, this accounts for the second largest single-day loss.
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During one of the worst months of the history of the New York Stock Exchange, this day is known for the ninth-worst drop a month before a recession was declared.
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The National Bureau of Economic Research declared a recession after the dismal fiscal year around the globe.
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Bernard Madofff reveals to his relatives that his valuable asset firm is a scam, with about $50 million ultimately topping his fraudulence.
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Dropping 4.3%, the DOW dropped a fourth of the percentage of the infamous drop on Black Thursday but was spurred on by the recession of 2008 and falling European markets.
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Coined "Monday's market drop," this signaled history's sixth-worst market loss. It resulted in the US/s credit rating dropping from AAA ro AA+.
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After the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the NYSE was shut down for a week, with airline stocks taking some of the worst losses.
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Social security tax rates rise