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On which date did the 2010 Flash Crash cause an extraordinary intraday U.S. market plunge?
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May 6, 2010
What was the name of the 1962 U.S. stock-market downturn associated with President Kennedy?
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Kennedy Slide of 1962
Which U.S. market mechanism was widely blamed for amplifying selling during the 1987 crash?
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Portfolio insurance
Which country’s default helped trigger the 1998 global market panic known as the Russian financial crisis?
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Russia
Which U.S. stock index fell nearly 78% from its 2000 peak to its 2002 low during the dot-com crash?
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Nasdaq Composite
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What was the name of the 1962 U.S. stock-market downturn associated with President Kennedy?
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Kennedy Slide of 1962
Which U.S. market mechanism was widely blamed for amplifying selling during the 1987 crash?
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Portfolio insurance
Which 1997 financial crisis began after Thailand devalued its baht on July 2?
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Asian financial crisis
During the 1929 Wall Street Crash, what was the name of the day called Black Tuesday?
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October 29, 1929
Where did Alfred Eisenstaedt take the famous V-J Day kiss photograph in 1945?
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Times Square
What type of warship was USS Missouri during Japan’s 1945 surrender ceremony?
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Iowa-class battleship
Who was the second Japanese representative to sign the Japanese Instrument of Surrender?
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Yoshijirō Umezu