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October 24, 1929

On October 24, 1929, "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange, the first day of the panic in the markets that contributes to the Great Depression. John Turner, John Turner, John Turner would arrive in the same year.

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1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1929th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 929th year of the 2nd millennium, the 29th year of the 20th century, and the 10th and last year of the 1920s decade.

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On October 24, 1929

  1. 1929 "Black Thursday" on the New York Stock Exchange, the first day of the panic in the markets that contributes to the Great Depression.

    Major stock market crash in the United States

    The Wall Street crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, was a major stock market crash in the United States which began in October 1929 with a sharp decline in prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). S. banking system and marked what would later cascade into the worldwide Great Depression that lasted until the United States entered into World War II on December 8, 1941, making it the most devastating crash in the country's history.

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John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)
John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)
John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)
John Turner 1929– Canadian lawyer and politician, 17th Prime Minister of Canada (died 2020)

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