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October 31, 1938

On October 31, 1938, great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public. Jerry Rubin, Tommy Vig, Ian St John would arrive in the same year.

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1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, the 1938th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 938th year of the 2nd millennium, the 38th year of the 20th century, and the 9th year of the 1930s decade.

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On October 31, 1938

  1. 1938 Great Depression: In an effort to restore investor confidence, the New York Stock Exchange unveils a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public.

    Worldwide economic depression (1929–1939)

    The Great Depression was a severe global economic downturn from 1929 to 1939. The period was characterized by high rates of unemployment and poverty, drastic reductions in industrial production and international trade, and widespread bank and business failures around the world. The economic contagion began in 1929 in the United States, the largest economy in the world, with the devastating Wall Street crash of 1929 often considered the beginning of the Depression.

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Jerry Rubin 1938– American activist, author, and businessman (died 1994)
Tommy Vig 1938– Hungarian vibraphone player, drummer, and composer
Ian St John 1938– Scottish international footballer and manager (died 2021)
Carroll Cole 1938– American serial killer (died 1985)
Charles Simić 1938– Serbian-American poet and editor (died 2023)
Jerry Rubin 1938– American activist, author, and businessman (died 1994)

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