COMPLETE ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the NY Times dated Oct 20, 1987. (My personal Collection )

Front page headline: “STOCKS PLUNGE 508 POINTS, A Drop of 22.6 %; 604 Million Volume Nearly Doubles Record.”  This is the iconic NY Times with banner headline news coverage of the 1987 Stock Market Crash, known as the Black Monday Crash !! There is a prominent front page chart of the Dow Jones Industrial Average from 1982 through 1987, showing the precipitous drop on Oct 19, 1987 !! (more…)