On what date did Black Tuesday mark the most famous Wall Street Crash of 1929?

Black Tuesday, the most famous day of the Wall Street Crash of 1929, occurred on October 29, 1929.

The session followed Black Thursday on October 24 and Black Monday on October 28. Investors rushed to sell shares, and roughly 16 million shares changed hands, a record at the time. The selling deepened a collapse that had begun after the market reached a peak in September.

The crash did not by itself create the entire Great Depression, but it destroyed wealth, damaged confidence, and contributed to a wider economic contraction. Bank failures, falling production, unemployment, and weak demand followed during the early 1930s.

A common mix-up is treating Black Tuesday as the first day of the crash. October 24 was the first dramatic panic session, while October 29 is remembered as the climactic sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ultimately lost nearly 89 percent from its 1929 peak to its 1932 low.