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Beginning of the End

Beginning of the End

The Brooklyn Daily Eagle sets the tone on Black Thursday, October 24, 1929 -- often considered the very beginning of the Great Depression that would sweep the world and wreak global economic havoc until the onset of WWII.

In this photo: King Umberto II of Italy, Joseph R. Grundy

Photo: FPG/Getty Images

Oct 24, 1929
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