Saturday, July 14, 2012

20 September - History and Importance of the Day



1873  The New York Stock Exchange was closed for the first time in its history as a result of a banking crisis that happened due to the financial Panic of 1873.

1989 F.W. De Klerk was sworn in as president of South Africa and began reforms aimed at ending apartheid and was succeeded by Nelson Mandela.

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