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The NYSE Trading Floor in August 2008
The first agreement to form a stock exchange in New York was made in 1792 by 24 brokers standing under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street. The New York Stock Exchange was formally founded 25 years later. The exchange provided capital for the industrialisation of the US in the 19th century and is today the world's largest securities market. The right to trade in the exchange can only be obtained by purchasing a seat from an existing member, and the number of seats is limited to how many? More...
1979 - The compact disc is presented to the public
The CD was developed by Philips and Sony. The companies later collaborated to produce a standard format and CD players.
1978 - The first episode of the radio comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is broadcast
Douglas Adams' radio play was a major success with BBC Radio 4 listeners. The book version consisting of five novels - A Trilogy in Five Parts - became a worldwide success.
1971 - In the Fight of the Century, Joe Frazier triumphs over Muhammad Ali
Ali had been stripped of his World Heavyweight Champion title in 1967 for refusing to serve in the armed forces. As he was still undefeated, Frazier had to beat him to be recognized as the world champion.
1910 - Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman with a pilot's license
The French aviatrix was also the first woman to fly solo. She died at the age of 36 when her experimental plane crashed at Le Crotoy airfield in northern France.
Historic Trivia pick
In 1867, a falling tree severely injured Belgian Pierre de Rudder's left leg. A surgeon had to remove a piece of bone that had become lodged in tissue, leaving the leg bone separated by a space of over one inch. The leg, which had an open wound and the lower part of which could be manipulated in all directions, was useless, and doctors said nothing could be done except for amputation. In 1875, Rudder went to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Oostakker, arriving on April 7. Sitting on the ground, he prayed, asking to be able to work again. He felt deeply moved and then rose, walked through the crowd and knelt before the statue before realizing that he was walking again. The wound had closed and the leg appeared normal. After his death in 1898, one of his doctors, Dr. Van Hoestenberghe, performed an autopsy. He found that the bones of the left leg were still deformed, but the legs were of equal length so that the weight of the body was equally supported, and there was a healthy white piece of bone over one inch long that connected the two sections that still showed traces of breakage.
New York Stock Exchange is founded
The NYSE Trading Floor in August 2008
The first agreement to form a stock exchange in New York was made in 1792 by 24 brokers standing under a buttonwood tree on Wall Street. The New York Stock Exchange was formally founded 25 years later. The exchange provided capital for the industrialisation of the US in the 19th century and is today the world's largest securities market. The right to trade in the exchange can only be obtained by purchasing a seat from an existing member, and the number of seats is limited to how many? More...
1979 - The compact disc is presented to the public
The CD was developed by Philips and Sony. The companies later collaborated to produce a standard format and CD players.
1978 - The first episode of the radio comedy The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is broadcast
Douglas Adams' radio play was a major success with BBC Radio 4 listeners. The book version consisting of five novels - A Trilogy in Five Parts - became a worldwide success.
1971 - In the Fight of the Century, Joe Frazier triumphs over Muhammad Ali
Ali had been stripped of his World Heavyweight Champion title in 1967 for refusing to serve in the armed forces. As he was still undefeated, Frazier had to beat him to be recognized as the world champion.
1910 - Raymonde de Laroche becomes the first woman with a pilot's license
The French aviatrix was also the first woman to fly solo. She died at the age of 36 when her experimental plane crashed at Le Crotoy airfield in northern France.
Historic Trivia pickIn 1867, a falling tree severely injured Belgian Pierre de Rudder's left leg. A surgeon had to remove a piece of bone that had become lodged in tissue, leaving the leg bone separated by a space of over one inch. The leg, which had an open wound and the lower part of which could be manipulated in all directions, was useless, and doctors said nothing could be done except for amputation. In 1875, Rudder went to the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in Oostakker, arriving on April 7. Sitting on the ground, he prayed, asking to be able to work again. He felt deeply moved and then rose, walked through the crowd and knelt before the statue before realizing that he was walking again. The wound had closed and the leg appeared normal. After his death in 1898, one of his doctors, Dr. Van Hoestenberghe, performed an autopsy. He found that the bones of the left leg were still deformed, but the legs were of equal length so that the weight of the body was equally supported, and there was a healthy white piece of bone over one inch long that connected the two sections that still showed traces of breakage.
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