Thursday the 24th October 1929, known as Black Thursday, is generally accepted as the first day of the Wall Street Crash.
7th January 1785: First aerial crossing of the English Channel completed in a hydrogen balloon
7th January 2020
On the 8th July 1932, the Dow Jones Industrial Average – a key indicator of the value of America’s biggest companies – fell to its lowest point during the Great Depression that began with the Wall Street Crash.
The economic bubble that is also referred to as the ‘dot-com boom’ was the result of investors speculatively pouring money into the numerous internet companies that were founded in the mid- to late-1990s.
11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed
11th November 2018
1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland
1st September 2018