oct 29, 1929 - Wall Street Crash (The start of the Great Depression)
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investors began to lose confidence, which is the key ingredient on a stock market. Investors started selling stocks regardless of their value. On the Monday, the pace of selling had increased. On Black Tuesday, the London Stock Exchange followed suit, and people who invested their life savings in stocks that seemed to have limitless potential suddenly found them
worthless.
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