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 Stock markets around the world fall drastically due to concerns about an economic slowdown in China; the Dow Jones falls 1,000 points, closing down 588 points, while the Shanghai composite closes down 8.5% 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 Health insurance company Aetna announces that it will pay $37 billion for Humana in a combination of stock and cash; the new company will be better positioned to compete against larger rivals such as Anthem 2014 Event The U.S. stock market decreases sharply, with the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average each sinking by about 2 percent 2014 Event Chinese e-commerce company Alibaba begins trading on the New York Stock Exchange; its pre-IPO market valuation of almost $168 billion exceeds that of American e-commerce giant Amazon by over $17 billion 2014 Event U.S. pharmaceutical company InterMune has been bought by Roche, the Swiss drug manufacturer, for $8.6 million; Roche will pay cash, offering a 38% premium on InterMune's current stock price of approximately $54/share 2014 Event Drug manufacturer Mapp Biopharmaceutical states that it has run out of its experimental Ebola treatment drug; the company has been shipping all available stock without charge to West Africa in an attempt to treat victims of the current epidemic 2014 Event Real estate website company Zillow will buy rival Trulia for $3.5 billion in stock; the company will dominate the market for online searches of real estate 2014 Event The markets show confidence in the U.S. economy as the stock market rises and the yield gap increases between two-year and 30-year Treasuries 2014 Event The world's largest banana company is created as the Irish fruit company Fyffes merges with U.S. company Chiquita; the new company, ChiquitaFyffes, will trade on the New York Stock Exchange 2014 Event Stock shares of automaker Tesla rise above $200 after reports that Apple, Inc. executives met with Tesla CEO Elon Musk in 2013 to potentially discuss an acquisition 2014 Event Strong quarterly earnings cause Facebook stock to rise 16 percent; the company boasts 755 million active users, and its ad revenue increased by 76 percent year over year to $2.34 billion 2014 Event Apple releases earnings for the fourth quarter of 2013; its stock price drops eight percent because they sold 51 million iPhones, falling short of analyst expectations that they would sell 55 million iPhones 2013 Event A plan to improve the technical functionality of U.S. stock exchanges in announced following the NASDAQ halt in trading in August, 2013 2013 Event In the U.S., a computer problem shuts down the NASDAQ electronic stock exchange for three hours 2013 Event U.S. wireless service provider T-Mobile has its opening day on the New York Stock Exchange under ticker symbol TMUS 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 2012 Event Atlanta IntercontinentalExchange purchases the New York Stock Exchange, the largest stock exchange in the world 2012 Event The New York Stock Exchange is reopened after a two-day closure due to Hurricane Sandy; this was the market's first weather-related two-day closure since the late 19th century 2012 Event News that European Union members agree on a deal to help some struggling Eurozone members causes world stock markets to soar 2011 Event The El Paso natural gas exploration and pipeline company is purchased by Kinder Morgan for $21.1 billion in cash and stock 2011 Event The ongoing sovereign debt crisis in Europe causes European and Asian stock markets to open lower 2011 Event For the second day in a row, global stock markets fall as fears of a deepening economic crisis continue 2011 Event Stock markets in Asia, Australia and the United States fall after the U.S. loses it's AAA credit rating 2011 Event According to Bloomberg, Italian company Prada SpA is planning an initial public offering on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange 2011 Event The Tokyo Stock Exchange falls more than five percent on the first day of trading following the 2011 Sendai earthquake 2010 Event Hundreds of investors staged protests in Bangladeshi capital, Dhaka, in response to the stock exchange's steepest daily fall 2010 Event Japan's Securities and Exchange Surveillance Commission and the Tokyo Stock Exchange conduct an insider trading investigation of Japanese companies 2009 Event A bomb explodes outside of Athens' stock exchange, damaging the building and a female passer-by 1997 Event ABL players allowed to own stock in the league 1993 Event Sydney Australia Stock Market index above 2000, for 1st time 1993 Death Alan Kulwicki, stock car racer, dies in plane crash at 38 1992 Event Eddie Antar, CEO (Crazy Eddies), $74 m stock fraud caught in Israel 1988 Event Pillsbury stock soars $18.37 to $57.37 on takeover bid 1987 Event 338,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record) 1987 Event Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42 1987 Event New York Stock Exchange installs ladies restroom in the Exchange Luncheon Club 1986 Event 240.49 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event 189.42 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Death Nigel Stock, actor (Lost Continent, Young Sherlock Holmes), dies 1986 Event Bill Elliott sets stock car speed record of 212.229 mph 1986 Event 199.22 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event 210.25 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event 187.27 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event 193.8 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1986 Event 191.66 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1985 Event CBS announces a 21% stock buy-back to thwart Ted Turner's takeover 1984 Event 203.05 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1984 Event 365.7 million shares traded in New York Stock Exchange 1984 Death Larry Stock, songwriter (Blueberry Hill), dies 1979 Death J Robertson Hare, actor (Fighting Stock), dies at 87 1978 Event 63,500,000 shares traded on New York stock exchange (record) 1973 Event Susan Shaw, is 1st woman in 171 years in London's Stock exchange 1968 Birthday Guy Ritchie, born in Hatfield, England, filmmaker, screenwriter, music video director, directed 'Snatch', 'Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels' 1967 Event Muriel Siebert is 1st women to own a seat on New York Stock Exchange 1963 Event Wes Stock becomes only Baltimore Oriole to win a doubleheader 1963 Event Public stock offering of 115,000 shares in Milwaukee Braves withdrawn after only 13,000 shares are sold to 1,600 new investors 1963 Birthday John Andretti, born in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, race car driver, winner, CART, NHRA Top Fuel Dragsters NASCAR stock racing and endurance racing 1962 Event U.S. stock market drops $20.8 billion in 1 day 1961 Event Expansion draft to stock Houston Astros and New York Mets 1958 Event Indians minority stockholders sell their stock to William Delay 1957 Event Baseball Commissioner Ford Frick rules Bing Crosby can keep token stock in the Detroit Tigers, even though he owns part of Pittsburgh Pirates 1957 Event San Francisco and Los Angeles stock exchanges merge 1956 Birthday Matt Aitken, rocker, Stock Aitken and Waterman-Road Block 1955 Event NY Stock Exchange worst price decline since 1929 1951 Birthday Mike Stock, rocker, Stock, Aitken and Waterman-Road Block 1949 Death Josephus T J Cuypers, architect (Amsterdam Stock Exchange), dies at 87 1947 Birthday Pete Waterman, rocker, Stock Aitken and Waterman-Road Block 1939 Birthday David Frederick Stock, composer 1934 Death Hendrik P Berlage, architect (Stock exchange Amsterdam), dies at 78 1929 Event Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers Great Depression 1929 Event "Black Thursday," start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8% 1929 Event 1st time New York curb stock exchange transacts more business than New York Exch 1929 Event Automatic electric stock quotation board installed, New York City 1929 Event Fire in X-ray film stock kills 125 at Crile Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio) 1927 Event "Black Friday" on Berlin Stock Exchange 1927 Event NL President John Heydler rules Rogers Hornsby can't hold stock in the Cardinals and play for the Giants 1926 Birthday Carleton Carpenter, born in Bennington, Vermont, actor, Up Periscope, Summer Stock 1921 Birthday Robert Fell, CEO, British Stock Exchange 1920 Birthday Eddie Bracken, born in Astoria, New York City, actor, Summer Stock, Young and Willing 1914 Event Stock brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch founded 1909 Birthday William Batten, CEO, New York Stock Exchange 1976-84 1901 Event Construction begins on New York Stock Exchange 1900 Birthday Josephine Holt Bay, 1st woman to head a firm on New York stock exchange 1894 Death HM Jozef Schadde, Flem architect (Antwerp Stock exchange), dies at 76 1893 Event Great stock crash on New York stock exchange 1893 Event Panic of 1893: Great crash on New York Stock Exchange 1884 Event Dow Jones published it's 1st stock avg 1882 Event Pacific Stock Exchange opens (as Local Security Board) 1875 Event Pacific Stock Exchange formally opens 1875 Event Pacific Stock Exchange opens 1873 Event Panic sweeps New York Stock Exchange (railroad bond default/bank failure) New York shut banks for 10 days due to a bank scandal 1872 Birthday Frederick A Stock, Julich, Germany, conductor, Theodore Thomas Orchestra 1872 Event California Stock Exchange Board organized 1856 Birthday Hendrik P Berlage, architect, Stock exchange Amsterdam 1850 Event Paul Julius Reuter, use 40 pigeons to carry stock market prices 1845 Event King Willem II opens Amsterdam Stock exchange 1830 Event New York Stock Exchange slowest day ever (31 shares traded) 1818 Birthday HM Jozef Schadde, Flemish architect, New Stock exchange Antwerp 1792 Event 24 merchants form New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street 1775 Event 1st U.S. joint stock company (to make cloth) offers shares at 10 cents
