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 AT&T will be replaced with Apple Inc. on the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), reflecting shifts in the U.S. economy between telecommunications and technology; AT&T had been part of the DJIA for over 100 years 2014 Event The Dow Jones Industrial Average sets a record at 18,024.17; the Dow has taken less than six months to climb from a value of 17,000 points 2014 Event The Dow Jones Industrial Average suffers its second largest dip since September 2011, dropping 458 points before regaining much of the loss to close down 173 points at just above 16,141 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 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above 17,000 for the first time 2014 Event In West Virginia, 10 people were hospitalized and 300,000 people have been unable to use tap water for four days since 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, an industrial chemical, leaked into the Elk river 2013 Event North and South Korea agree to reopen the jointly-operated Kaesong Industrial Region 2013 Event In the midst of an increasing industrial slowdown, China institutes business tax breaks and export liberalization in an effort to boost its economic growth 2013 Event The NASDAQ hits its highest level in ten years; the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the S&P500 close at record highs 2012 Event Strong manufacturing figures and company earnings cause the Dow Jones Industrial Average to reach a four-year high 2012 Event The Dow Jones Industrial Average achieves its highest level at closing since May 2008 2011 Event Australia's Qantas airlines and its unions are ordered to settle their industrial dispute within 21 days 2011 Event A lockout causes the Australia's Qantas airlines to ground its entire fleet while it handles the ongoing industrial dispute 1995 Death Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic, dies at 75 1995 Death Dwayne Goettel, musician, industrial, techno genres, member of industrial band Skinny Puppy, played keyboards for band Psyche and Water, dies at age 31 1993 Death Frank J Del Giudice, U.S. industrial designer (Boeing 747), dies at 77 1987 Event Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42 1987 Event Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57) 1986 Event Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded 1986 Death Raymond Loewy, U.S. industrial designer, dies at 92 1985 Event Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time 1985 Event Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time 1983 Event Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1,200 for 1st time 1978 Event Belgian industrial Haron Empain kidnapped in Paris 1971 Death Alberto Pirelli, Italian industrial, dies at 89 1969 Death John L Lewis, formed (Congress of Industrial Org), dies at 89 1967 Death Elmar Berkovich, Dutch industrial designer (Eindhoven theater), dies 1964 Birthday Dwayne Goettel, born in Canada, musician, industrial, techno genres, member of industrial band Skinny Puppy, played keyboards for band Psyche and Water 1959 Birthday Martin Atkins, born in Coventry, England, Martin Clive Atkins, rocker, musician, worked with post-punk, industrial group Public Image Ltd., Ministry 1951 Event Industrial estate at Harlow New Town U.K. opens 1940 Birthday Galen Weston, English/Canadian industrial/multi-millionaire 1938 Birthday Thomas Black, English industrial/auto collector 1935 Event Congress of Industrial Organizations (CIO) labor union forms 1933 Event National Industrial Recovery Act becomes law, later struck down 1932 Event Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22 1932 Death Takuma Dan, Japanese baron/financier/industrial, murdered 1931 Birthday Swraj Paul, Indian/British industrial/multi-millionaire, Caparo 1927 Birthday Garfield Weston, English industrial/billionaire, Twinings Tea 1926 Birthday Hans Rausing, Swedish/British industrial/billionaire, Tetra Pak 1924 Birthday Arnold Weinstock, English industrial/multi-millionaire, GEC 1921 Birthday Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert 1920 Birthday Hugh Armstrong Clegg, industrial relations academic 1919 Death Wilhelm von Siemens, German industrial/son of Werner, dies 1917 Birthday Benjamin Roberts, British industrial relations expert 1913 Birthday Omer Vanaudenhoven, Flemish industrial/resistance fighter 1909 Event Cleveland Industrial Exposition opens 1904 Event Mary McLeod Bethune opens Daytona Normal and Industrial School 1904 Death Friedrich Siemens, German industrial, dies at 77 1896 Event Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks 1896 Event Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94) 1893 Birthday Raymond Loewy, U.S. industrial designer 1886 Birthday Philip Murray, founded Congress of Industrial Organizations, CIO 1883 Event Unity treaty of Paris signed: protects industrial property 1840 Death John Cockerill, English/Belgian industrial/orangist, dies at 50
