Stock Market By KeeWee Mar 8, 1817 Stock Market First Opened 1839 Berkshire Hathaway Founded Oct 29, 1929 Stock Market Crash Feb 4, 1971 NASDAQ Founded. Nov 14, 1972 Dow Passes 1000 Point Mark Dec 12, 1980 Apple IPO Mar 13, 1986 Microsoft IPO Aug 19, 2004 Google IPO Jul 27, 2011 Dunkin' Donuts IPO Jan 25, 2017 Dow Hits 22000