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What name is commonly given to the automated-trading plunge in U.S. markets on May 6, 2010?
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Flash Crash
Which 2015–2016 market crisis followed a rapid rise and then collapse in China's Shanghai Composite Index?
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Chinese stock market turbulence
Which 1987 U.S. market measure fell 20.5% on October 19, setting a record one-day percentage decline?
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S&P 500
Which 1929 U.S. stock-market day saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average fall 12.8% on October 28?
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Black Monday
Which 2008 financial institution's bankruptcy became the largest in U.S. history and intensified the global stock-market crash?
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Lehman Brothers
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Which 2015–2016 market crisis followed a rapid rise and then collapse in China's Shanghai Composite Index?
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Which 1989 crash in the United States followed the collapse of a highly leveraged leveraged-buyout market?
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Friday the 13th mini-crash
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Mississippi Bubble
Which 1973–1974 crash saw the Dow Jones Industrial Average lose about 45% from its January 1973 peak?
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1973–1974 stock market crash