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Black Monday – Nightly Business Report October 19th, 1987 [Documentary]

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Three 10 minutes parts of the Nightly Business Report episode from Black Monday, October 19, 1987. The Dow Jones Average dropped by more than 22% that day to close at 1,738 with volume double the previous record (set the preceding Friday). Just two months earlier the average had peaked at 2,722, a level it would not see again for two years and would revisit for the final time in early 1991.

Black Monday-Nightly Business Report October 19th, 1987 – Part 1

Part II

Part III

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