October 19, 1987

508 points (22.6%)
The Dow lost more than a fifth of its total value on Black Monday — the biggest one-day percentage drop since 1914. Some of the factors economists blame for the crash include market psychology, program trading, a faltering dollar and turmoil in international markets.

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