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Black Tuesday

United States of America · Economy / Stock Market. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

1Records
1929Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1929

Herbert Clark Hoover29 October 1929

New York · Economy / Stock Market

Share prices collapse amid record selling during the Wall Street crash.

Names involved

Herbert Clark Hoover

Provenance

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