Today in History: October 25, Teapot Dome Scandal conviction

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5. Reading that AP bit, a lot happened on this day

George III (the mad one) became king.
John Brown went on trial.
Adlai Stevenson exposed Russian missiles in Cuba at the UN.
Ronny Rayguns invaded Grenada.
Paul Wellstone was killed in a plane crash.

Not in the AP piece, another thing that happened on the very same day Albert Fall was convicted:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_Street_crash_of_1929

The Wall Street crash of 1929, also known as the Great Crash, was a major stock market crash in the United States which began in October 1929 with a sharp decline in prices on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). It triggered a rapid erosion of confidence in the U.S. banking system and marked the beginning of the worldwide Great Depression that lasted until 1939, making it the most devastating crash in the country's history. It is most associated with October 24, 1929, known as "Black Thursday", when a record 12.9 million shares were traded on the exchange, and October 29, 1929, or "Black Tuesday", when some 16.4 million shares were traded...

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