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An increasing volatile market spiralled out of control on the infamous day, as the stocks on the exchange lost $14 billion in value, ten times the annual budget of the federal government at that time.

The Crash of '29

October 29, 1929, a.k.a. Black Tuesday, brought the roaring twenties to an end, ushered in the depression and changed the American economy forever

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