Dow Record-Timeline

This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, trading on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange as the Dow Jones Industrial Average marched to an all-time intra-day high on Nov. 10, 1972, in New York, and right, President Nixon and his wife waving on Nov. 7, 1972, in Washington. On Nov. 14, 1972, the Dow closed for the first time above 1,000 points. The week before, President Richard Nixon won re-election by a landslide, beating George McGovern in 49 states. (AP Photo/File)