2015 Event Stock markets around the world fall after China reports a low value for its purchasing managers' index, suggesting that the nation's economy is slowing; in the U.S., the Dow Jones Industrial Average drops by 470 points 2015 Event The Shanghai Composite Index, representing China's stock market, drops 8.5% over fears that the government will withdraw support that has kept stock prices high in the midst of economic slowdown; regulators deny that such a change will be made 2015 Event France has outlawed the hiring of models who do not meet new Body Mass Index (BMI) minimums for a certain period of time before and during a modeling job; the law aims to prevent promotion of anorexia among models and people who emulate them 2014 Event Somalia and North Korea tie for the most corrupt country in the world according to this year's ranking on the Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2014 Event According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, the net worth of the 300 richest people in the world collectively increased by $524 billion; the group has an aggregate net worth of $3.7 trillion 2013 Event The NASDAQ index was shut down for 44 minutes due to a human error that occurred while performing an operational function; the error resulted in the flawed delivery of date to the NASDAQ distribution system 2013 Event In Japan, optimism for economic revival sparked Bank of Japan's stimulus plan, impacts Japan's stock market index; following its release, the Nikkei 225 hits its highest level in nearly five years 2011 Event Higher than expected consumer price index figures and U.S. default concerns cause the Australian dollar to reach a post-float record against the U.S. dollar 2009 Event The 2009 Corruption Perceptions Index reports declares Somalia the most corrupt, New Zealand is least corrupt, among 180 countries 1995 Event Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98 1993 Event Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86 1993 Event Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time 1993 Event Dow Jones index reaches record high of 3,638.96 points 1989 Event Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987; index at 2,256.43 1987 Event Dow Jones Index drops 508.32 points (22%) (record) 1987 Event Dow-Jones index rises record 75.23 points 1986 Event Dow-Jones index hits record 1955.57 1974 Event Dow Jones index hits 570.01 1972 Event Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time 1966 Event Dow-Jones Index hits record 995 points 1952 Event Catholic church puts Andre Gides "Labor" on the index 1926 Event Vatican puts French fascist Charles Maurras' work on the index 1914 Event Vatican puts Belgian Nobel winner Maeterlinck's works in their index 1912 Event Irving Fisher patents archiving system with index cards 1896 Event Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94) 1616 Event Copernicus' "de Revolutionibus" placed on Catholic Forbidden index 1536 Death Pietersz, book publisher (Kersten Knight - on Index), dies
