A History of Stock Market Crashes and Manias
- 1637 Tulip mania causes tulip prices to soar then crash in the Netherlands
- 1720 South Sea Company shares crash in England
- 1882 French Union Generale bank collapse crashes Paris and Lyon exchanges
- 1929 Wall Street crash marks start of Great Depression in the US
- 1987 Black Monday crash sees Dow Jones lose 22.6%
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