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2006 Dow closes above 12,000 for the first time

2006 Dow closes above 11,800 for the first time

1997 Dow Jones crashes record 554 pts to 7161

1997 Dow Jones drops 186.88 pts

1997 Dow Jones drops 247.37 pts

1997 Dow Jones drops 192.25 pts

1997 Dow Corning provides $295 billion to settle breast implant suits

1996 Dow Jones closes over 6,000 for 1st time (6,010)

1995 Dow Jones closes above 5,000 for 1st time

1995 Dow Jones for 5th straight day of the week sets a new record (4430.59)

1995 Dow Jones Index hits record 4303.98

1995 Dow Jones closes above 4,000 for 1st time (4,003.33)

1994 Dow Jones hits a record 3,978.36

1994 Dow Jones closes above 3,900 for 1st time (3,914.48)

1994 Dow Jones passes 3900 (record 3,914.20)

1993 Dow Jones hits record 3764.43

1993 Dow Jones hits record 3740.67

1993 Dow Jones hits record 3697.64

1993 Dow Jones index reaches record 3687.86

1993 Dow Jones index reaches record high of 3,638.96 points

1993 Dow Jones hits record high of 3612.13

1993 Dow Jones closes above 3,500 for 1st time (3,500.03)

1991 Dow Jones closes at record high 3168.83

1991 Dow Jones avg drops 120.31 points (5th largest dive)

1991 Dow Jones closes above 3,000 for 1st time (3,004.46)

1990 Dow Jones Avg hits a record high of 2,900.97

1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,878.56

1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49

1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,856.26

1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,852.23

1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,844.68

1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,831.71

1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,822.45

1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,821.53

1990 Dow Jones hits record 2,800 (2,810.15)

1989 Dow Jones down 190.58 points

1989 Dow Jones Avg passes 2,500 mark for 1st time, closes at 2,501.1

1989 Dow jumps 38.06 recoups 508-pt loss since Oct 1987; index at 2,256.43

1988 Dow Jones down 140.58 points

1987 On Wall Street, after 5 consecutive gains, Dow Jones down 50.56

1987 Dow Jones down 156.83 points

1987 Dow Jones Index drops 508.32 points (22%) (record)

1987 Dow Jones for 1st time falls more than 100 pts (108.35)

1987 Dow Jones industrial stock avg reaches record 2722.42

1987 Dow Jones Industrial Avg closes above 2,700 for 1st time (2,700.57)

1987 Dow Jones closes above 2,500 (2,510.04) for 1st time

1987 Dow Jones Avg soared 664.7; 2nd biggest one-day gain in history

1987 Dow Jones up 69.89 points, ending at record 2,390.34 pts

1987 Dow Jones avg closes above 2,200 for 1st time

1987 Dow Jones rises 64 points then drops 110 points (44.15 pt loss)

1987 Dow Jones closes above 2,000 for 1st time (2,002.25)

1986 Dow Jones Industrial Avg suffered biggest 1-day decline ever, plummeting 86.61 points to 1,792.89. 237.57 million shares traded

1986 Dow Jones-index hits record 45.71 points

1985 Dow Jones closes above 1,500 for 1st time (1,511.70)

1985 Dow Jones Industrial Average rose above 1,500 level for 1st time

1985 Dow Jones industrial avg closes above 1300 for 1st time

1985 Dow Jones closes at 1297.92 (record high) after topping 1300 earlier

1983 Dow Jones Industrial Avg breaks 1,200 for 1st time

1983 Dow Jones closes above 1100 mark for 1st time

1974 Dow Jones index hits 570.01

1972 Dow Jones closes above 1,000 for 1st time (1003.16)

1972 Dow Jones Index moves above 1,000 for 1st time

1968 "How Now, Dow Jones" closes at Lunt Fontanne New York City after 220 performances

1967 "How Now, Dow Jones" opens at Lunt Fontanne Theater New York City for 220 performances

1958 40th PGA Championship: Dow Finsterwald shoots a 276 at Llanerch CC PA

1956 Dow Jones closes above 500 for 1st time (500.24)

1947 Harold Dow, Hackensack, New Jersey, news correspondent, CBS, 48 Hours

1945 Tony Dow, born in Hollywood, California, actor, Wally-Leave it to Beaver

1932 Depression low point of Dow Jones Industrial Average, 41.22

1929 Dow Jones plummets 38.33 pts (13%) to 260.64

1929 "Black Thursday," start of stock market crash, Dow Jones down 12.8%

1929 Dow Jones hits a record peak of 381.17

1906 1st time Dow Jones closes above 100

1896 Dow Jones starts reporting an average of selected industrial stocks

1896 Dow Jones begins an index of 12 industrial stocks (closing is 40.94)

1884 Dow Jones published it's 1st stock avg

1866 Herbert Henry Dow, pioneer in U.S. chemical industry, Dow Chemical

1851 Charles H Dow, co-founded Dow Jones/1st editor of Wall St. Journal

1804 Neal Dow, Brigadier General Union volunteers


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