NANCY LYONS
On This Day In 1977 Concorde Made Its First Visit to New York’s
JFK Airport. It was no-passenger proving flight from Toulouse
to JFK.
The supersonic jet was initially barred from the Big Apple due
to noise concerns. The ban came to an end on 17 October.
Black Tuesday hit Wall Street in 1929 as investors trade 16,410,030 shares on the New York Stock Exchange in a single day. Billions
of dollars were lost, wiping out thousands of investors, and stock
tickers ran hours behind because the machinery could not
handle the huge volume of trading. In the aftermath of Black
Tuesday, America and the rest of the industrialized world spiraled downward into the Great Depression.
NANCY LYONS
The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 508 points on this day in 1987. It was called Black Monday, the worst one-day percentage
decline, 22.6%, in history.
The supersonic Concorde made its first landing at John F. Kennedy
Airport in New York City on this day in 1977.
Concorde Press Conference at JFK Airport.
ROSS SIMPSON
On this day in 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously ruled for school integration in Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka. The
ruling declared that racially segregated schools were inherently
unequal.
The U.S. Senate Watergate Committee began its hearings on this day
in 1973. Sen. Sam Ervin (center) was the chairman of the Investigating Committee
On this day in 1792, the New York Stock Exchange was founded at
70 Wall Street by 24 brokers.
The actual Buttonwood Agreement is shown on the right. The New
York Stock Exchange traces its origins to this historic document.
The first Kentucky Derby was held at what would become known as Churchill Downs in Louisville, KY. on this day in 1875.
Winning the race was Oliver Lewis riding the horse named Aristides
with a time of 2 min 37 seconds. The purse at that time was said to
be $2,850.
TIM MAGUIRE
America’s Great Depression began with the crash of the Wall Street stock
market on this day in 1929.
On this day in 2004, Osama bin Laden (above) addressed the people of the
United States on Al-Jazeera television, excepting responsibility for the
September 11 attacks. Al-Jazeera did not say how it had obtained the tape.
Israel invaded Egypt’s Sinai Peninsula during the Suez Canal Crisis on this
day in 1956.
Leon Czolgosz (above) the assassin of U.S. President McKinley, was
electrocuted on this day in 1901.
A rendering of President William McKinley (white shirt) being shot by
anarchist Leon Czolgosz during the Pan-American Exposition in
Buffalo, New York on September 21, 1901.
On this day in 1998, the space shuttle Discovery blasted off with John Glenn
on board. Glenn was 77 years old. In 1962 he became the first American to
orbit the Earth.
