U.S. Stock Markets By emily.kolb14 Feb 22, 1653 Stockade erected in Manhattan Oct 1, 1685 Wall Street Laid Out May 17, 1790 Buttonwood Agreement Mar 8, 1817 New York Brokers Form New York Stock & Excahnge Board Oct 26, 1825 Erie Canal Opens Jan 1, 1835 The Great Fire Aug 24, 1857 Panic of 1857 Apr 12, 1861 Outbreak of Civil War Dec 2, 1863 NYS&EB Changes Name to NYSE Apr 15, 1865 Lincoln Is Assasinated Sep 24, 1869 Gold Speculation Tanks Market Sep 20, 1873 NYSE Closes For 10 Days Jul 31, 1914 WW1 Causes Longest Exchange Shutdown Dec 17, 1918 Wall Street Becomes World Financial Leader Oct 29, 1929 Black Tuesday Oct 24, 1943 Women Work On Trading Floor Aug 15, 1945 Exchange Closes For V-J Day Jun 7, 1955 "Own Your Share of American Business" Sep 24, 1955 Eisenhower Heart Attack Nov 6, 1963 Kennedy Assasinated Dec 28, 1967 First Women Member of NYSE Feb 12, 1970 First African-American Member Jun 8, 1976 First Non-U.S. Member NYSE Oct 27, 1997 DOW Falls Dramatically Nov 15, 2000 DOW's Biggest Point Jump Sep 11, 2001 Terrorist Attack on World Trade Center Sep 11, 2001 DOW's Biggest Point Slide Dec 11, 2007 NYSE Opens Office in Beijing, China Jan 17, 2008 NYSE Euronext Acquires American Stock Exchange Oct 7, 2014 Panic of 1907 Oct 9, 2014 Largest One-Day Percentage Drop