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  In the early days, merchants at disparate spots to buy and sell shares or bonds. Slavers were also traded at this spot.
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  In 1773, the first London Stock Exchange was formed, known as LSE
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  Fire destroys over 700 buildings in Manhattan resulting in the move of The NYS&EB
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  After Lincoln's assassination the stock market is closed for two weeks
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  The stock market crash ushered in the Great Depression due to overproduction and underconsumption. Many consumer debts was also a big part of it
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  Federal Government refinances all federal and state war debt and issues $80 million in bonds.
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  NASDAQ was used to trade stocks electronically through computers whcih made trading much faster.
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  Global Stock market Crash caused by an economic crisis in Asia