What was the name of the 1720 French speculative crash centered on John Law’s Mississippi Company?
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Mississippi Bubble
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What was the name of the 1720 French speculative crash centered on John Law’s Mississippi Company?
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Mississippi Bubble
What was the nickname of the first major Wall Street crash day in October 1929, before Black Tuesday?
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Black Thursday
On which date did the 1987 global stock-market crash reach its most famous one-day fall?
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19 October 1987
What was the name of the 1819 United States financial crisis that followed a wave of bank failures?
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Panic of 1819
Which Dutch speculative bubble burst in 1637 after tulip-bulb prices collapsed?
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Tulip mania
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On which date did the 1987 global stock-market crash reach its most famous one-day fall?
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