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Black Thursday

United States of America · Government / Republican Party Government. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1929Date range
1Named people
0Places

Chronological records

1929

Herbert Clerk Hoover25 October 1929

Government / Republican Party Government

The decline then accelerates into the so-called "Black Thursday", October 24, 1929. A record number of 12.9 million shares were traded on that day

Names involved

Herbert Clerk Hoover

Provenance

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