New York Stock Exchange: Timeline

1792   Buttonwood Agreement is signed, beginnings of New York Stock Exchange

1893   Panic of 1893: Crash on the New York Stock Exchange starts a depression.

1907   A major American United States

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 financial crisis was averted when J. P. Morgan, E. H. Harriman, James Stillman, Henry Clay Frick, and other Wall Street financiers created a $25,000,000 pool to invest in the shares on the plunging New York Stock Exchange leading to the bank panic of 1907.

1914   World War I: Following a war-induced closure in July, the New York Stock Exchange re-opens for bond trading.

1929   Black Tuesday stock market crash on the New York Stock Exchange

1938   Great Depression Great Depression

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: In an effort to try restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing publi

1995   Because of the "quadruple-witching" option expiration, volume on the New York Stock Exchange hits 638 million shares, the highest single-day volume since October 20, 1987 when the Dow staged a stunning recovery a day after Black Monday Black Monday (1987)

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1997   Stock market Stock market

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s around the world crash because of a global economic crisis scare. The Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average

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 follows suit and plummets 554.26, or 7.18%, to 7,161.15. The points loss exceeds the loss from Black Monday Black Monday (1987)

Black Monday is the name given to Monday, October 19 [i], 1987 [i], when the Dow Jones Industrial Average [i] ... 

. Officials at the New York Stock Exchange for the first time invoke the "circuit breaker" rule to stop trading (this was a very controversial move and prompted a quick change in the rule; trading stops will only occur when the DJIA drops at least 10 or 20 percent) (see October 27, 1997 mini-crash).

1997   The bulls come running back as the Dow Jones Industrial Average Dow Jones Industrial Average

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 gains a record 337.17 to 7,498.32. One billion shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange for the first time ever.

2001   The New York Stock Exchange reopens following the terrorist attacks in New York.

2005   Because of "quadruple-witching" options and futures expiration, the New York Stock Exchange sees the heaviest first-hour trading on record. 704 million shares are traded between 9:30-10:30 A.M. 1.92 billion shares were traded for the day.