Black Thursday

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October 24, 1929. The day the famous stock market crash of 1929 began, when the stock market began its plummet. The stock market was very unstable for the subsequent few days. This uncertainty led up to Black Tuesday, October 29, the day which experienced the largest percentage decrease in stock prices and is considered to be the start of the Great Depression.

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