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  1. A stock market crash is a sudden dramatic decline of stock prices across a major cross-section of a stock market, resulting in a significant loss of paper wealth. Crashes are driven by panic selling and underlying economic factors.

  2. May 4, 2024 · Some of the most significant stock market crashes in U.S. history include the crash in 1929 that preceded the Great Depression, the crash in 1987, known as Black Monday, the dotcom bubble crash...

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  3. Apr 30, 2023 · The stock market crash of 1987 was a rapid and severe downturn in stock prices that occurred over several days in late October of 1987.

  4. Stock market crash of 1929, a sharp decline in U.S. stock market values in 1929 that contributed to the Great Depression of the 1930s, which lasted approximately 10 years and affected both industrialized and nonindustrialized countries in many parts of the world.