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A bank panic that occurred in October 1907. NYSE fell by almost 50%.
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Dec 23, 1913
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Jul 28 1914 – Nov 11 1918
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Aug 18 1920
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Economic expansion, Prohibition (1920-1933), and the Jazz Age
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Black Tuesday - Oct 29 1929. By 1932, stock prices have declined by 80%.
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Oct 1929 – 1939
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signs Social Security bill into law on Aug 14 1935
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Sep 1 1939 – Sep 2 1945
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System for monetary and exchange rate management established at United Nations Conference in New Hampshire
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1954-1968
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Nov 1955 – Apr 1975
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Nov 22 1963
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April 4 1968
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US officially abandons the gold standard. US dollars no longer backed by actual gold.
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Watergate break-in occurs in 1972. President Nixon impeached in July and resigns in Aug 1974.
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1974-1982: High oil prices, Inflation, Unemployment, and Recession
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1995- March 2000
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A major new currency, the Euro, is launched by 11 European nations
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2002-2007
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Late 2007- Early 2009. From Oct 2007 high to March 2009 low, stock prices decline by 54%.
