Black Thursday: Wall Street Crashes, The Great Depression Begins
Panic selling on the New York Stock Exchange erased billions in wealth as investors dumped a record 12.9 million shares in a single frenzied session. Black Thursday shattered the speculative euphoria of the Roaring Twenties and triggered a cascading financial collapse that plunged the global economy into the Great Depression.
October 24, 1929
97 years ago
Key Figures & Places
What Else Happened on October 24
Cicéron prononce ou envoie à Rome la deuxième de ses Philippiques contre Marc Antoine, entre une première le 2 septembre précédent puis de nouvelles à partir du…
Vitellius had held Rome for eight months. His soldiers were drunk and undisciplined. Antonius Primus commanded legions from the Danube—hardened troops who'd bee…
Vespasian’s legions crushed the forces of Emperor Vitellius at the Second Battle of Bedriacum, ending the chaotic Year of the Four Emperors. This decisive victo…
date supposée de la destruction de Pompéi, anciennement supposée le 24 août de la même année.
وقوع معركة كربلاء بين الإمام الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب وأهل بيته وأصحابه وجيش يزيد بن معاوية.
avènement du roi des Francs Robert II, le roi franc de l'an Mille.
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