# Q: Wall Street, but not recent

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-wall-street-but-not-recent/81630>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [September 14, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-wall-street-but-not-recent/81630 "2001-09-14T16:52:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Jinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jinx)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 4:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-wall-street-but-not-recent/81630/1 "2001-09-14T16:52:13Z")

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Does anyone recall the day and date of the “crash” of the NYSE in Oct 1987? I realize we’re preoccupied with greater concerns, but I need to know for personal reasons…

I think it ws 10/10/87, maybe? Was it a Thurs.?

Thanks,

- Jinx

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**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-wall-street-but-not-recent/81630/2 "2001-09-14T17:08:42Z")

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October 19, 1987. It was called “Black Monday”, so it probably wasn’t a Thursday. 😉

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**Author:** ![half\_a\_person](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/8797f3/32.png) [@half\_a\_person](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/half_a_person)\
**Post date:** [September 14, 2001, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/q-wall-street-but-not-recent/81630/3 "2001-09-14T17:09:37Z")

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from facts on file:

[http://www.facts.com/cd/v00066.htm](http://www.facts.com/cd/v00066.htm)

“The largest stock-market drop in Wall Street history occurred on “Black Monday” – October 19, 1987 – when the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508.32 points, losing 22.6% of its total value.”

–  
michael