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The New York Stock Exchange reopened that day following a nearly four-and-a-half-month closure since July 30, 1914, and the Dow in fact rose 4.4% that day (from 71.42 to 74.56). However, the apparent decline was due to a later 1916 revision of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, which retroactively adjusted the values following the closure but ...
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November 10 1941 1,200 1941 Jabal Razih earthquake: Yemen January 11 1942 61,000 1942 West Bengal cyclone: India Tropical cyclone October 14 – 18 1943 2,824-5,000 1943 Tosya–Ladik earthquake: Turkey Earthquake November 27 1944 10,000 1944 San Juan earthquake: Argentina January 15 1945 4,000 1945 Balochistan earthquake: Pakistan November 28 ...
In following days, its warnings became more specific until Oct. 29, when the alert was upgraded to red -- the highest level, meaning high risks for the population.
2019 [b] –present [10] [11] [c] Worldwide 6 Third plague pandemic: Bubonic plague 12–15 million – 1855–1960 Worldwide 7 Cocoliztli epidemic of 1545–1548: Cocoliztli, caused by an unidentified pathogen 5–15 million 27–80% of Mexican population [12] 1545–1548 Mexico 8 Antonine Plague: Smallpox or measles: 5–10 million 25–33% ...
In the U.S., from a population of 105 million, the flu claimed about 675,000 lives—almost 10 times more than the country's World War I fatalities—and it dramatically lowered life expectancy by ...
Today wasn't the worst day in stock market history, but we only have some infamous years like 1987 and 1929 to thank for that. Daily losses never got this steep even during the financial crisis of ...
The next day, two more waterspouts made landfall in Italy and an IF1 tornado caused minor damage in Saint-Jean-de-Losne, France. A few hours later, three tornadoes struck Belgium, the worst of which struck Beauvechain, this tornado ripped roofs off of houses and completely destroyed some weaker brick buildings. This tornado was rated IF2.5.