The Wall Street crash of 1929, "Black Thursday," was an event that sent the US and indeed the global economy into a tailspin, contributing to the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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It took 25 years before the Dow Jones industrial average recovered to its 1929 level.
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It took 25 years before the Dow Jones industrial average recovered to its 1929 level.
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