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The burtonwood agreement is formed and with it the New York Stock Exchange is born.
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The first railroad stock, Mohawk & Hudson, is traded on the NYS&EB. Railroad securities will dominate trading for the rest of the 1800s.
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The Ohio Life Insurance & Trust Company collapses. Prices drop eight to ten percent in the course of a single trading session, the culmination of a 45% decline in market value since the beginning of the year.
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At the outbreak of the Civil War, the NYS&EB suspends trading in securities of seceding states.
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Lincoln is assasinated and the stock market closes for a week, the longest its been closed since its opening.
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Invented by Edward A. Calahan, the stock ticker revolutionizes the stock market by bringing current prices to investors everywhere.
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Stock prices fall sharply on October 24, Black Thursday, 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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William McChesney Martin, Jr., becomes the first full-time salaried president of the exchange.
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Muriel Siebert becomes the first woman member of the Exchange.
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An industry wide test demonstrates the ability to handle volume in excess of 800 million shares a day
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NYSE launches real-time stock tickers on CNBC and CNN-FN. Previously, market data had been delayed 20 minutes.
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On October 27, the Dow Jones Industrial Average plummets 554 points, triggering the NYSE's "circuit breaker" rule for the first time. Trading halts at 3:30 p.m.
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On March 19, the Dow Jones Industrial Averages tops 10,000 for the first time
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On September 11, terrorist attacks destroy the World Trade Center. The NYSE closes for four days -- its longest closure since 1933 -- and reopens on Sept. 17, setting a record volume of 2.37 billion shares.
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The longest bull run market on record begins. Stock prices will rise, without significant interruption, for the next eight years.
