History of Dow Jones Industrial Average

DATE	EVENT DESCRIPTION
1884 July 03	Dow Jones publishes its first average of U.S. stocks in the Customer's Afternoon Letter, forerunner of The Wall Street Journal.
1896 May 26	Dow Jones publishes its first "Industrial" average (DJIA) consisting of 12 stocks closing at 40.94. Click Here To See The Original Dow Dozen
Aug. 08 1896	Falls .18 to close at 28.48, lowest close in DJIA history
1929 Sept. 03	Reaches its closing peak for the bull market of the 1920's, at 381.17
1929 Oct. 28	Plummets 38.33 points, cutting 12.8 percent of the DJIA value, closing at 260.64 This is the second largest percentage drop of the DJIA. - See greatest DJIA of all time here: DJIA Losses
Oct. 29	Falls 30.57 to 230.07 cutting 11.7 percent of the DJIA. This is the third largest percentage drop of the DJIA. These 2 days total 24.5 percent.
Oct. 30	Rises 28.40 to close at 258.47, second largest percentage gain of the DJIA, up 12.34%.
1931 Oct 06	Rises 12.86 to close at 99.34, largest percentage gain of the DJIA, up 14.87%.
1932 Jul. 08	Falls .59 to close at 41.22. This decline from Sep. 03 1929 totaled 339.95 for a percentage drop of 89.19%
1972 Nov. 14	Rises 6.09 to close at 1,003.16, first close above 1,000.00.
1974 Dec. 06	Closes at a 12-year low of 577.60, ending the worst bear market since the '30's.
1987 Jan. 08	Rises 8.30 to close at 2,002.25, first close above 2,000.00.
Oct. 16,	Plunges 108.35 to 2,246.73, falling more than 100 points for the first time.
1987 Oct. 19,	Plunges a record 507.99 to 1,738.74, a drop of 22.6 percent that became known as the Black Monday crash. . . This is the largest percentage drop of the DJIA. - See greatest DJIA of all time here: DJIA Losses
1989 Jan. 24	Rises 38.04 to close at 2,256.43, regaining its level of Oct. 16, 1987, for the first time since Black Monday.
1991 April 17	Rises 17.58 to close at 3,004.46, first close above 3,000.00.
1995 Feb 23	Rises 30.28 to close at 4,003.33, first close above 4,000.00
Nov.21,	Rises 40.46 to close at 5,023.55, first close above 5,000.00
1996 Oct. 14	Rises 40.62 to close at 6,010.00, first close above 6,000.00.
Nov. 06,	Rises 96.53 to close at 6,177.71, first close above 6,100.00.
Nov. 07	Rises 28.33 to close at 6,206.04, first close above 6,200.00.
Nov. 14,	Rises 38.76 to close at 6,313.00, first close above 6,300.00.
Nov. 20,	Rises 32.42 to close at 6,430.02, first close above 6,400.00.
Nov. 25,	Rises 76.03 to close at 6,547.79, first close above 6,500.00.
1997 Jan. 07	Rises 33.48 to close at 6.600.66, first close above 6,600.00.
Jan. 10	Rises 78.12 to close at 6,703.79, first close above 6,700.00.
Jan. 17	Rises 67.73 to close at 6,833.10, first close above 6,800.00.
Feb. 12	Rises 103.52 to close at 6,961.63, first close above 6,900.00
Feb. 13	Rises 60.81 to close at 7,022.44, first close above 7,000.00.
May 05	Rises 143.29 to close at 7,214.49, first close above 7,100.00 and 7,200.00.
May 15	Rises 47.39 to close at 7,333.55, first close above 7,300.00
Jun 06	Rises 130.49 to close at 7,438.78, first close above 7,400.00.
Jun. 10	Rises 60.77 to close at 7,539.27, first close above 7,500.00.
Jun. 12	Rises 135.64 to close at 7,711.47, first close above 7,600.00 and 7,700.00.
Jul. 03	Rises 100.53 to close at 7,895.91, first close above 7,800.00.
Jul. 11	Rises 35.06 to close at 7,921.82, first close above 7,900.00.
Jul. 16	Rises 63.17 to close at 8,038.88, first close above 8,000.00.
Jul. 24	Rises 28.57 to close at 8,116.93, first close above 8,100.00
Jul. 30	Rises 80.36 to close at 8,254.89, first close above 8,200.00
Oct. 27	Falls 554.26 to close at 7,161.15, third largest dollar loss in history, down 7.18%. Trading of all securities is halted twice during the day, first interruption since the.March 30, 1981 assassination attempt on President Reagan.
Oct. 28	Rises 337.17 to close at 7,498.32, third largest dollar gain in history, up 4.71%
1998 Feb 11	Rises 18.94 to close at 8,314.55, first close above 8,300.00
Feb 18	Rises 52.56 to close at 8,451.06, first close above 8,400.00.
Feb 27	Rises 55.05 to close at 8,545.72, first close above 8,500.00
Mar 10	Rises 75.98 to close at 8,643.123, first close above 8,600.00.
Mar 16	Rises 116.33 to close at 8,718.85, first close above 8,700.00.
Mar 19	Rises 27.65 to close at 8,803.05, first close above 8,800.00.
Mar 20	Rises 103.38 to close at 8,906.43, first close above 8,900.00.
Apr 06	Rises 49.82 to close at 9,033.23, first close above 9,000.00.
Apr 14	Rises 97.90 to close at 9,110.20, first close above 9,100.00.
May 13	Rises 50.07 to close at 9,211.84, first close above 9,200.00.
July 16	Rises 93.72 to close at 9,328.19, first close above 9,300.00.
Aug 31	Falls 512.61 to close at 7,539.07 a 1,798.90 (19.26%) drop since July 17, 1998. This is the fourth largest dollar loss in history eliminating all gains since June 10, 1997.
Sep 07	Rises 380.53 to close at 8,020.78, fifth largest dollar gain in history, up 4.98%.
Oct 16	Rises 117.40 to close at 8,416.76, largest weekly dollar gain in history, up 517.24.
1999 Jan 06	Rises 233.78 to close at 9,544.78, first close above 9,400.00 and 9,500.00.
Jan 08	Rises 105.56 to close at 9,643.32, first close above 9,600.00.
Mar 05	Rises 268.68 to close at 9,736.08, first close above 9,700.00.
Mar 11	Rises 124.60 to close at 9,897.44, first close above 9,800.00.
Mar 15	Rises 82.42 to close at 9,958.77, first close above 9,900.00
Mar 29	Rises 184.54 to close at 10,006.78, first close above 10,000.00.
Apr 08	Rises 112.39 to close at 10,197.70, first close above 10,100.00.
Apr 12	Rises 165.67 to close at 10,339.51, first close above 10,200.00 and 10,300.00.
Apr 14	Rises 16.65 to close at 10,411.66, first close above 10,400.00.
Apr 21	Rises 132.87 to close at 10,581.42, first close above 10,500.00.
Apr 22	Rises 145.76 to close at 10,727.18, first close above 10,600.00 and 10,700.00.
Apr 27	Rises 113.12 to close at 10,831.71, first close above 10,800.00.
May 03	Rises 225.65 to close at 11,014.69, first close above 10,900.00 and 11,000.00.
May 13	Rises 106.82 to close at 11,107.19, first close above 11,100.00.
Jul 12	Rises 7.28 to close at 11,200.98, first close above 11,200.00.
Aug 25	Rises 42.74 to close at 11,326.04, first close above 11,300.00.
Nov 1 1999	The DJIA dropped four corporations from its thirty corporation component, Chevron Corp., Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., Sears, Roebuck & Co. and Union Carbide Corp. Four corporations added were The Home Depot, Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Corp. and SBC Communications, Inc. Click Here To See The Current DOW 30
Dec 23	Rises 202.16 to close at 11,405.76, first close above 11,400.00.
2000 Jan 07	Rises 269.30 to close at 11,522.56, first close above 11,500.00.
Jan 14	Rises 140.55 to close at then all time high of 11,722.98, first close above 11,600.00 and 11,700.00.
Mar 07	Falls 60.50 to close at 9,796.03 for a YTD low completing a tumble of 16.48% from Jan 14.
Mar 16	Rises 499.19 to close at 10,630.39, largest dollar gain in history, up 4.93%.
Apr 14	Falls 617.78 to close at 10,305.77, second largest dollar loss in history, down 5.66%.
2001 May 21	Rises 36.18 to close at 11,372.92 recovering 1,983.44 (85%) of the 2,333.50 decline since Jan 14, 2000.
Sep 07	Falls 234.99 to close at 9,605.85 falling 1,767.07 (15.5%) since May 21, 2001.
Sep 11, 2001	Markets closed because of terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, D.C. Markets will re-open September 17, 2001 after being closed for 4 trading days. The last time that U.S. stock trading was suspended for more than two sessions occurred in March 1933, when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt called for a nationwide bank holiday to prevent a run on the banks. Click here to see how the DJIA reacted to other crises
Sep 17, 2001	Falls 684.81 to close at 8,920.70, largest dollar loss in history, down 7.13%. See greatest DJIA of all time here: DJIA Losses
Sep 21	Falls 140.40 to close at 8,235.81, eliminating all gains since July 30, 1997, over 4 years ago. Since May 21, 2001 the market has declined 3,137.11 for a percentage loss of 27.58. In the one week since the terrorist attack the market has declined 1,369.70 for a percentage loss of 14.26%.
2002 Jul 23	Falls 82.24 to close at 7,702.34. The market has declined 4,020.64, or 34%, since January 14, 2000.
Jul 24	Rises 488.95 to close at 8,191.29, second largest dollar gain in history, up 6.35%.
Jul 29	Rises 447.49 to close at 8,711.88, third largest dollar gain in history, up 5.41%.
Oct 09, 2002	Falls 215.22 to close at 7,286.27. The market has declined 4,436.71, or 38%, since January 14, 2000.
Oct 15	Rises 378.28 to close at 8,255.28 to close once again above 8,000
Oct 21	Rises 215.84 to close at 8,538.24 to close once again above 8,500
2003 Jun 04	Rises 116.03 to close at 9,038.98 to close once again above 9,000
Sep 02	Rises 107.45 to close at 9,523.27 to close once again above 9,500.
Dec 11	Rises 86.30 to close at 10,008.16, first close above 10,000 since May 27, 2002
2006 Jan 09	Rises 52.59 to close at 11,011.90, first close above 11,000 since June 7, 2001
Oct 03	Rises 56.99 to close at 11,727.34, to establish new all time closing, previous high set on Jan 14, 2000, 6 years 9 months ago.
Oct 04	Rises 123.27 to close at 11,850.61, first close above 11,800
Oct 12	Rises 95.57 to close at 11,947.70, first close above 11,900
Oct 18	Rises 42.66 to close at 11,992.68 after falling back from today's high trading of 12,024.50
Oct 19	Rises 19.05 to close at 12,011.73, first close above 12,000 The DJIA has risen 65% during the 4 year period since October 09, 2002
Oct 23	Rises 114.54 to close at 12,116.91, first close above 12,100
Nov 14	Rises 86.13 to close at 12,218.01, first close above 12,200
Nov 16	Rises 54.11 to close at 12,305.82, first close above 12,300
Dec 14	Rises 99.26 to close at 12,416.76, first close above 12,400
Dec 27	Rises 102.94 to close at 12,510.57, first close above 12,500
2007 Jan 24	Rises 87.97 to close at 12,621.77, first close above 12,600
Feb 14	Rises 87.01 to close at 12,741.86, first close above 12,700
Feb 27	Loses 416.02 to close at 12,216.24 - declines 3.29% See greatest DJIA of all time here: DJIA Losses
Apr 18	Rises 30.80 to close at 12,803.84, first close above 12,800
Apr 20	Rises 153.35 to close at 12,961.98, first close above 12,900
Apr 25	Rises 135.95 to close at 13,089.89, first close above 13,000
Apr 26	Rises 15.61 to close at 13,105.50, first close above 13,100
May 02	Rises 75.74 to close at 13,211.88, first close above 13,200
May 07	Rises 48.35 to close at 13,312.97, first close above 13,300
May 16	Rises 103.69 to close at 13,487.53, first close above 13,400
May 18	Rises 79.81 to close at 13,556.53, First close above 13,500
May 30	Rises 111.74 to close at 13,633.08, first close above 13,600
Jul 12	Rises 283.86 to close at 13,861.73, first close above 13,700 and 13,800
Jul 13	Rises 45.52 to close at 13,907.25, first close above 13,900
Jul 19	Rises 82.19 to close at 14,000.41, first close above 14,000 The DJIA has risen 6,714 points, or 92%, since the low point of Oct 9, 2002, 4 years 10 months ago
Oct 09	Rises 120.80 to close at 14,164.53, first close above 14,100 - All time closing high