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Black Tuesday

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Black Tuesday
October 29th, 1929 when the DJIA fell 12% - one of the largest one-day drops in stock market history. More than 16 million shares were traded in a panic selloff.

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By many, Black Tuesday is considered the end of the roaring 20's and the start of the Great Depression.

Black Tuesday
A widely used reference to October 29, 1929, the date of the greatest frenzy on the New York Stock Exchange during the Great Crash. Security prices plunged, volume surged to more than 16 million shares, and the ticker tape ran hours behind trading on the floor.
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