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Black Thursday, Thursday, October 24, 1929, the first day of the stock market crash of 1929, a catastrophic decline in the stock market of the United States that immediately preceded the worldwide Great Depression. That stock market crash (also called the Great Crash) is still considered the worst.
The Wall Street Crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, Crash of '29, or Black Tuesday, was a major American stock market crash that occurred in the autumn of 1929. It began in September, when share prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) collapsed, and ended in mid-November.
Apr 14, 2023 · Black Thursday refers to Thursday, Oct. 24, 1929, when the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) plummeted drastically as soon as trading opened and an unprecedented number of shares changed...
Jun 17, 2024 · The first day of real panic, October 24, is known as Black Thursday; on that day a record 12.9 million shares were traded as investors rushed to salvage their losses.
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Black Thursday is a term used to refer to typically negative, notable events that have occurred on a Thursday. It has been used in the following cases: 21 June 1877 execution of 10 suspected leaders of the "Molly Maguires" 8 November 1901 (21 November in the Gregorian calendar), the climax of the gospel riots in Athens.
Oct 29, 2009 · On October 24, 1929, as nervous investors began selling overpriced shares en masse, the stock market crash that some had feared happened at last. A record 12.9 million shares were traded...
Feb 25, 2019 · On what became known as “Black Thursday,” false reports crackled around Wall Street that distraught bankers and investors were leaping out of high-rise windows and plummeting as quickly as the...
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