This Day In History - Stock Market Crash 1929

Stock Market Crash 1929

Friday, October 29, 2021

All Day

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Event Description

Black Tuesday hits Wall Street as investors trade 16,410,030shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions of dollarswere lost, wiping out thousands of investors, and stock tickers ran hours behind because the machinery could not handle the tremendous volume of trading. In the aftermath of Black Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression.

Event Location

New York City, NY, USA