Tag: Wall Street

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8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to its lowest point during the Great Depression

8th July 2026
Tagged as: America, Bonus March, Crash, Dollar, Dow Jones, Economy, Great Depression, Hoover, United States, USA, Wall Street

From its high of 381.17 on September 3, 1929, the Dow plummeted by almost 90 per cent to 41.22 on July 8, 1932.

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24th October 1929: Black Thursday marks the start of the Wall Street Crash

24th October 2024
Tagged as: America, Depression, Economy, Great Depression, New York, New York City, United States, Wall Street, Wall Street Crash

Although the scale of panic selling on Wall Street did slow down, the market continued its downward trajectory for over 2 years.

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30th April 1789: George Washington inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America

30th April 2024
Tagged as: America, Federal Hall, George Washington, Inauguration, New York City, United States, USA, Wall Street

Washington’s inauguration was conducted on the balcony of Federal Hall on Wall Street, with thousands of spectators gathered below to witness the historic event.

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16th September 1920: 38 people died in the Wall Street bombing in New York

16th September 2023
Tagged as: America, Bomb, Economy, Explosion, New York, Terrorism, United States, Wall Street

38 people died and hundreds more were wounded in the Wall Street bombing in New York.

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24th August 1967: Abbie Hoffman throws money inside the New York Stock Exchange

24th August 2023
Tagged as: Abbie Hoffman, Activism, New York, Protest, Stock Market, United States, USA, Wall Street

Political activist Abbie Hoffman and a group of protesters threw dollar bills onto the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Tag: Wall Street

8th July 1932: Dow Jones falls to its lowest point during the Great Depression

24th October 1929: Black Thursday marks the start of the Wall Street Crash

30th April 1789: George Washington inaugurated as the first President of the United States of America

16th September 1920: 38 people died in the Wall Street bombing in New York

24th August 1967: Abbie Hoffman throws money inside the New York Stock Exchange

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21st June 1919: The German High Seas naval fleet is scuttled at Scapa Flow

HistoryPod Extra: The Myth of Gavrilo Princip’s Sandwich

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

2nd August 1934: Hitler becomes Führer after President Hindenburg dies

17th October 1814: London Beer Flood kills eight people when nearly one and a half million litres of beer sweep out of the Horse Shoe Brewery

16th October 1939: First German air raid on Britain during WW2 took place when bombers attacked Rosyth naval base in Scotland

15th October 1815: Napoleon Bonaparte arrives at his exile on the island of St Helena in the South Atlantic

14th October 1962: U-2 spy plane captures images of Cuban missile sites

28th June 1914 & 1919: Trigger and end of the First World War

11th November 1918: WW1 Armistice of Compiègne is signed

1st September 1939: Nazi Germany invades Poland

9th November 1989: East Germany opens the Berlin Wall

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