{"id":2656,"date":"2019-10-01T19:04:15","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T19:04:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/?p=2656"},"modified":"2024-08-16T19:57:45","modified_gmt":"2024-08-16T19:57:45","slug":"events-in-time-anniversaries-october-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/events-in-time-anniversaries-october-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Events in Time Anniversaries: October 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">Michelle Kangas<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2658\" src=\"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-1208x720-102-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-1208x720-102-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-1208x720-102-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Blog-1208x720-102-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #674eec;\"><strong>25 years ago: October 1994<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>S&amp;P 500: 472.35 (vs. 2938.79 in 10\/2019) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 7.81% (vs. 1.56% in 10\/2019) Gold: $383.85 (vs. $1501.25 in 10\/2019) Oil: $18.165 (vs. $52.84 in 10\/2019) GBP\/USD: 1.6357 (vs. 1.229 in 10\/2019) US GDP: $7,331 billion (vs. $21,340 billion in 06\/2019) US Population: 260 million (vs. 328 million in 2019) 10\/02\/1994: The U.S. and Japan reach a trade accord after months of sticky disagreements. State Farm raises its loss estimate from the January California earthquake to nearly $2 billion, the largest of any insurer. 10\/09\/1994: U.S. forces deploy to the Persian Gulf as Iraqi troops move toward Kuwait. 10\/11\/1994: The Russian ruble plummets 21.5% versus the dollar on what would be called Black Tuesday. 10\/12\/1994: NASA loses radio contact with the Magellan spacecraft as the probe descends into the thick atmosphere of Venus (the spacecraft presumably burned up in the atmosphere). 10\/19\/1994: The Justice Department investigates alleged price-fixing on the Nasdaq market. 10\/21\/1994: North Korea nuclear weapons program: North Korea and the United States sign an agreement that requires North Korea to stop its nuclear weapons program and agree to inspections. 10\/26\/1994: Jordan and Israel sign a peace treaty. 10\/29\/1994: Francisco Martin Duran fires over two dozen shots at the White House (Duran is later convicted of trying to kill US President Bill Clinton).\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #674eec;\"><strong>50 years ago: October 1969<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>S&amp;P 500: 97.12 (vs. 2938.79 in 10\/2019) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 6.94% (vs. 1.56% in 10\/2019) Gold: $39.75 (vs. $1501.25 in 10\/2019) Oil: $3.21 (vs. $52.84 in 10\/2019) GBP\/USD: 2.3946 (vs. 1.229 in 10\/2019) US GDP: $1,030 billion (vs. $21,340 billion in 06\/2019) US Population: 205 million (vs. 328 million in 2019) 10\/01\/1969: Concorde breaks the sound barrier for the first time. 10\/05\/1969: The first episode of Monty Python&#8217;s Flying Circus airs on BBC One. 10\/09\/1969: In Chicago, the United States National Guard is called in for crowd control as demonstrations continue in connection with the trial of the &#8220;Chicago Eight&#8221; that began on September 24. 10\/14\/1969: Peace hopes bolstered market. Volume highest in nearly a year. The United Kingdom introduces the British fifty-pence coin, which replaces, over the following years, the British ten-shilling note, in anticipation of the decimalization of the British currencyin1971, and the abolition of the shilling as a unit of currency anywhere in the world. 10\/15\/1969: Vietnam War; The Moratorium to End the War in Vietnam is held in Washington D.C. and across the US. Over two million demonstrate nationally; about 250,000 in Washington D.C. 10\/17\/1969: Arthur Burns succeeded Martin as FRB chairman. 10\/20\/1969: Sugar strong on government ban of cyclamates. 10\/22\/1969: Willy Brandt (Social Democratic Party ) became Chancellor of Germany 10\/28\/1969: Australian federal election, 1969: John Gorton reelected as Prime Minister. 10\/29\/1969: The first-ever computer-to-computer link is established on ARPANET, the precursor to the Internet.<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #674eec;\"><strong>100 years ago: October 1919<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>S&amp;P 500: 9.6235 (vs. 2938.79 in 10\/2019) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 4.71% (vs. 1.56% in 10\/2019) Gold: $20.67 (vs. $1501.25 in 10\/2019) Oil: $4.25 (vs. $52.84 in 10\/2019) GBP\/USD: 4.16 (vs. 1.229 in 10\/2019) US GDP: $84 billion (vs. $21,340 billion in 06\/2019) US Population: 104 million (vs. 328 million in 2019) 10\/02\/1919: U.S. President Woodrow Wilson suffers a massive stroke, leaving him partially paralyzed. 10\/07\/1919: Italian currency depreciates in value, the lire being quoted at 41.35 to the 1. British Currency Notes increase by 3,847,000 to 335,021,000. 10\/09\/1919: Black Sox Scandal: The Cincinnati Reds win the World Series. 10\/15\/1919: French Senate approves of Peace Treaty. Special rate of 4 1\/2 percent on foreign money withdrawn. There was a reduction of 1,050,000 in Currency Notes to 338,436,000. Government securities reduced by 1,098,000, and the balance at the Bank of England was 120,000 higher. 10\/17\/1919: RCA is incorporated as the Radio Corporation of America. 10\/28\/1919: The U.S. Congress passes the Volstead Act over President Woodrow Wilson&#8217;s veto, paving the way for Prohibition to begin the following January.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #674eec;\"><strong>200 years ago: October 1819<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>S&amp;P 500\/GFD US-100: 1.5716 (vs. 2938.79in 10\/2019) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 4.545% (vs. 1.56% in 10\/2019) Gold: $19.39 (vs. $1501.25 in 10\/2019) GBP\/USD: 4.48 (vs. 1.229 in 10\/2019) US GDP: $727 million (vs. $21,340 billion in 06\/2019) US Population: 9.379 million (vs. 328 million in 2019) 10\/03\/1819: Erie Canal first navigated from Utica to Rome, 15 miles. 10\/11\/1819: For order of Francisco de Paula Santander, Spanish colonel Jose Maria Barreiro and 38 Spanish officers were executed in Bogota.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelle Kangas 25 years ago: October 1994 S&amp;P 500: 472.35 (vs. 2938.79 in 10\/2019) 10-year U.S. Government Bond Yield: 7.81% (vs. 1.56% in 10\/2019)&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1,122],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2656","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-insights","category-october-2019"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2656"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2663,"href":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2656\/revisions\/2663"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2656"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2656"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maxrezmedia.com\/website_131ddb8a\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2656"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}