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The Buttonwood Agreement
Twenty-four stock brockers met to sign an agreement that established rules for buying and selling bonds and shares of a company. -
First drafted constitution
The Buttonwood Agreement drafterd their first constitution on March 18, 1817. They named their orginization the New York Stock and Exchange Board -
Exchange Building
The Exchange Building on Broad Street opend on April 22, 1903. -
World War I closing
The exchange was closed shortly after the beginning of World War I (July 31, 1914), but it partially re-opened on November 28 of that year in order to help the war effort by trading bonds,[15] and completely reopened for stock trading in mid-December.
The exchanged briefly closed at the beggining of World War I, but partially reopened within a few months in effort to aid the war effort by selling bonds. -
Stock exchange completely reopens.
The stock excahnge completely reopened by mid-December of the same yaer -
Wall Street Bombing
On September 16, 1920, a bomb exploded on Wall Street outside the NYSE building, killing 33 people and injuring more than 400. The perpetrators were never found. The NYSE building and some buildings nearby, such as the JP Morganbuilding, still have marks on their façades caused by the bombing.
A bombing outside the NYSE killed over 30 people and injured more than 400. It caused damage to the NYSE building and surrounding buildings -
Black Thursday
The stock exchange crash on October 24 led to even more problems on October 29. -
Black Tuesday
Black Tuesday was the sell-off panic caused by Black Thursday. Some believe this caused the start of the Great Depression -
Registered as a national securities exchange.
On October 1, 1934, the exchange was registered as a national securities exchange with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, with a president and a thirty-three member board. -
New protection for the investing
In an effort to try to restore investor confidence, the Exchange unveiled a fifteen-point program aimed to upgrade protection for the investing public on October 31, 1938. -
Dow Jones Closes Above 500
In 1956, DJIA closes above 500 for the first time on March 12. -
Dow Jones Industrial Average Dropped 508 points
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 508, causing the second biggest one day drop the exchange had experienced. -
The Mini Crash of 1989
Thought to be caused by a news story of a $6.75 billion buyout deal for UAL corportaion. When the deal fell through it triggered the Dow Jones to fall 190 points -
Automated Trading
Michael Einersen, who designed and developed this system, executed 1000 shares of IBM through this HHC ending a 203 year process of paper transactions and ushering in an era of automated trading. -
The 1997 Mini Crash
Like the fall of many foreign markets, the Dow suffered a 7.18% drop in value (554.26 points) on October 27. -
Doors of the exchange closed
Doors to the exchange were closed on January 26, as the band Rage Against the Machine tried getting inside while filming a music video. -
NYSE Merge With Archipelago
The NYSE announced its plans to merge with Archipelago on April 21, 2005, in a deal intended to reorganize the NYSE as a publicly traded company. -
Electronic Hybrid Market
As of January 24, 2007, all NYSE stocks can be traded through its electronic hybrid market. -
2010 Flash Crash
On May 6, 2010, the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted its largest intraday percentage drop since the October 19, 1987 crash, with a 998 point loss later being called the 2010 Flash Crash (as the drop occurred in minutes before rebounding). -
Hurricane Sandy Shutdown
On October 29, 2012, the stock exchange was shut down for 2 days due to Hurricane Sandy.