~1792 - Twenty-four brokers and merchants gathered on Wall Street to sign the Buttonwood Agreement. The NYSE is born!

~ 1792 - Bank of New York becomes the first listed company on the NYSE.

~1903 - April 22, the NYSE moved into 18 Broad Street. (This building is still in use today.)

~1918 - The pneumatic vacuum tube system is made for sending tickets to and from different departments.

~ 1929 - October 23: Black Thursday.
October 26: Blue Monday (Market loses $26 billion in value.)

~ 1939 The NYSE opens its trading floor gallery to the public.

~ 1953 - October 10: Trade volume on the NYSE reaches
900,000 shares, this marks the last day that the daily volume of the NYSE is under 1 million shares.

~ 1967 - NYSE admits its first woman member.

~ 1976 - NYSE lists first Non-US member.

~ 1987 - October 19: Black Monday (Market drops 508 points, the largest one-day drop in history.)

~ 1992 - May 17: the NYSE celebrates its 200th anniversary.

~ 1996 - May 7: The highest price ever paid for a membership is $1,450,000

How the NYSE started

The crash of 1929

The crash of 1987

Timeline