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The trading floor of the American Stock Exchange Building in 1930, six months after the Crash of 1929. On October 28, "Black Monday", [17] more investors facing margin calls decided to get out of the market, and the slide continued with a record loss in the Dow for the day of 38.33 points, or 12.82%. [18]
October 12, 1929: James Scullin wins election to become new Prime Minister of Australia October 24, 1929: Panic selling begins on Wall Street when the New York Stock Exchange opens as investors scramble to pay "margin calls", a day commemorated as "Black Thursday" and as the start of the Great Depression October 3, 1929: The Kingdom of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes officially shortens name to ...
Oct. 28, 1929, the original Black Monday, is one of two days most identified with the Great Crash that wiped out a generation of stock market gains. That day, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell
Died October 28, 1929. Successor appointed November 5, 1929, to continue the term. Successor later lost election to finish the term, see below. Roscoe C. McCulloch (R) November 5, 1929 New Jersey (2) Walter E. Edge (R) Resigned November 21, 1929, to become U.S. Ambassador to France. Successor appointed November 30, 1929, to continue the term.
October 28 is the 301st day of the year (302nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1929 – Marcel Bozzuffi, French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1988)
Virginia Potter Held (born October 28, 1929) is an American moral, social/political and feminist philosopher whose work on the ethics of care sparked significant research into the ethical dimensions of providing care for others and critiques of the traditional roles of women in society.
On October 28, 1929, dubbed "Black Monday," the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell by nearly 13%. The next day, labeled "Black Tuesday," saw an additional drop of nearly 12% in the market.
Ralph Ginzburg was born in Brooklyn on October 28, 1929, to Russian-Jewish immigrant parents. [1] [2] He went to New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and was president of his class. [3] Since his parents hoped that he could be an accountant, [2] when he first enrolled in City College of New York after high school, he majored in accounting.