# Canonical recap data for U.S. Stock Market Crash (1987)
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slug: black-monday-1987
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title: U.S. Stock Market Crash
subtitle: Black Monday's 22% single-day plunge exposed the danger of computerized trading and nearly triggered a second Great Depression.
recapType: global_event
eventStatus: concluded
startDate: 1987-01-01
datePrecision: year
year: 1987
decade: 1980
country:
name: United States
slug: united-states
summaryShort: A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks, which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include securities listed on a public stock exchange as well as stock that is only traded privately, such as shares of private companies that are sold to investors
summaryLong: A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks, which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may include securities listed on a public stock exchange as well as stock that is only traded privately, such as shares of private companies that are sold to investors through equity crowdfunding platforms. Investments are usually made with an investment strategy in mind.
heroImageUrl: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Crowds_gathering_outside_New_York_Stock_Exchange.jpg/1280px-Crowds_gathering_outside_New_York_Stock_Exchange.jpg"
heroImageCredit: Associated Press · via Wikipedia
importance: 78
sourceConfidence: 75
keyFacts: []
timeline: []
sources:
- url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market"
  title: Stock market
  provider: Wikipedia
related: []
categories:
- disaster
metaDescription: A stock market, equity market, or share market is the aggregation of buyers and sellers of stocks, which represent ownership claims on businesses; these may inc
wikidataQid: Q475000
archiveSnapshots:
- url: "https://web.archive.org/web/20260622045722/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market"
  capturedAt: 2026-06-22
  label: Stock market
  originalUrl: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market"
