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. 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.
Oct. 28	Plummets 38.33 points, cutting 12.8 percent of the DJIA value, closing at 260.64. See greatest DJIA Gains and Losses of all time here: DJIA Gains and Losses
1929 Oct. 29	Falls 30.57 to 230.07 cutting 11.7 percent 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 Losses of all time here: DJIA Gains and 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	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 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	Falls 684.81 to close at 8,920.70, largest dollar loss in history, down 7.13%.
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	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 June 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	Falls 416.02 to close at 12,216.24 - declines 3.29% See greatest DJIA Losses of all time here: DJIA Gains and 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
Oct 09	Rises 120.80 to close at 14,164.53, first close above 14,100 The DJIA has risen 6,878.26, or 94%, since the low point of Oct 9, 2002, 5 years ago
2008 Sep 15	Falls 504.48 to close at 10,917.51 on news of the collapse of Lehman Brothers and Merrill Lynch
Sep 17	Falls 684.81 to close at 8,920.70 on fears of AIG rescue failure
Sep 18	Rises 410.3 to close at 11,016.69 on news of world wide central banks injecting billions and billions into the credit markets
Sep 19	Rises 368.75 to close at 11,388.44 on news of government bail out plan
Sep 29	Falls 777.68 to close at 10,365.45, down 6.98%, largest point loss in history
Sep 30	Rises 485.21 to close at 10,850.66, up 4.68%
Oct 09	Falls 678.91 to close at 8,579.19, down 7.33% The DJIA has fallen 5,585.34, or 39% in one year
Oct 13	Rises 936.42 to close at 9,389.61, up 11.08%, largest point gain in history, fourth largest % gain in history
Oct 15	Falls 733.08 to close at 8,577.91, down 7.87%, second largest point loss in history
Oct 16	Rises 401.35 to close at 8,879.26, up 4.02%
Oct 20	Rises 413.21 to close at 9,265.43, up 4.67%
Oct 22	Falls 514.45 to close at 8,519.21, down 5.69%
Oct 25	Falls 312.3 to close at 8,378.95, the DJIA has fallen 5,785.58, or 41% since Oct 9, 2007
Oct 28	Rises 889.35 to close at 9,069.12, up 10.88%, second largest point gain and fifth largest % gain in history
	CRASH - BURN - BAM - GURGLE, GURGLE, GURGLE Holy Wall Street, Batman, talk about an October surprise!
Nov 05	Falls 486.01 to close at 9,139.37, down 5.05%, following presidential election of Barack Obama
Nov 06	Falls 443.48 to close at 8,695.79, down 4.85%, the DJIA has fallen 929.49, or 9.66% in two days
Nov 12	Falls 411.30 to close at 8,282.66, down 4.76%
Nov 13	Rises 552.59 to close at 8,835.25, up 6.67%
Nov 19	Falls 427.47 to close at 7,997.28, down 5.07%, lowest close since March 14, 2003 The DJIA has fallen 5,267.54, or 40% since Jan 1, 2008
Nov 20	Falls 444.99 to close at 7,552.59, down 5.56%, lowest close since June 23, 1997 The DJIA has fallen 5,712.23 or 43% since Jan 1, 2008 Does this bear market have a bottom?
Nov 21	Rises 494.13 to close at 8,046.42, up 6.54%, fifth largest point gain in history
Dec 01	Falls 679.95 to close at 8,149.09, down 7.70%, fourth largest point loss and twelfth largest percent loss in history
2009	DJIA opened Jan 01 at 8,772.75, Opened Nov 04 2008 Election Day at 9,323.89, Opened Inauguration Day at 8,279.63
Mar 09	Falls 79.89 to close at 6,547.05, down 53.78% from the all time high on Oct 9, 2007, down 25.37% from the 2009 open OW! OW! OW!
Mar 23	Rises 497.48 to close at 7,775.48, up 6.84%, fifth largest point gain in history
Jun 01	Rises 221.11 to close at 8,721.44, up 33% since this year's low on Mar 09
Jun 08	The DJIA dropped two corporations from its thirty corporation component, Citigroup, Inc. and General Motors Corp. The two corporations added were The Traveleers Compamies. Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc. Click Here To See The Current DOW 30
Jul 23	Rises 188.03 to close at 9,069.29, highest close this year and the highest close since Nov 05, 2008
Oct 14	Rises 144.80 to close at 10,005.86, highest close this year and first close above 10,000 since Oct 03, 2008
2010	DJIA Opened Jan 01 at 10,430.69, up 18.9% from the open on Jan 01. 2009
Apr 04	Rises 8.62 to close at 11,005.97, first close above 11,000 since Sep 26, 2008
May 06	Falls 347.80 to close at 10,520.37, during day trading at one point the DJIA fell 998.50 to 9,869.62
Oct 08	Rises 57.90 to close at 11,006.48
2011	DJIA Opened Jan 01 at 11,577.43, up 11% from the open on Jan 01, 2010
Feb 01	Rises 148.23 to close at 12,040.16, first close above 12,000 since Jun 19, 2008
2012	DJIA Opened Jan 01 at 12,221.19, up 5.6% from the open on Jan 01, 2011
Feb 28	Rises 23.61 to close at 13,005.12, first close above 13,000 since Apr 25, 2007, nearly 5 years ago
Sep 24	The DJIA dropped Kraft Foods, Inc. from its thirty coproration component and added UnitedHealth Group, Inc. Click Here To See The Current DOW 30
2013	DJIA Opened Jan 01 at 13,104.30, up 7.2% from the open on Jan 01, 2012
Feb 01	Rises 149.21 to close at 14,009.79, first close above 14,000 since Oct 09, 2007, over 5 years ago
03/05	Rises 125.95 to close at 14,253.77, first close above 14,200 The DJIA has risen 7,706.73 or 118% since 03/09/09 - The Bulls are running
03/07	Rises 33.25 to close at 14,329.49, first close above 14,300 - The Bears are hibernating
03/11	Rises 50.22 to close at 14,447.29, first close above 14,400
03/14	Rises 83.86 to close at 14,539.14, first close above 14,500
04/02	Rises 89.16 to close at 14,662.01, first close above 14,600
04/10	Rises 128.78 to close at 14,802.24, first close above 14,700 and 14,800
05/03	Rises 142.38 to close at 14,973.96, first close above 14,900
05/07	Rises 87.31 to close at 15,056.20, first close above 15,000
05/08	Rises 48.92 to close at 15,105.12, first close above 15,100, this is the historical DJIA closing high
	ON VACATION - I will update this file after May 21