Black Tuesday
noun
ECONOMICS,FINANCE,STOCK MARKETukusTuesday,October29, 1929, when thepriceofshareson the New York Stock Exchangereacheditslowestleveland theperiodcalled theGreatDepressionbegan:
ThestockmarketcollapsewhichculminatedinBlackTuesdayonOct. 29,shatteredillusionsaboutunendingwealthand theeaseofspeculation.
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