Dow Record-Timeline

This combination of Associated Press file photos shows, left, the financial district during a two-day bank holiday on March 4, 1933, and President Franklin D. Roosevelt about to deliver a fireside chat to the American people on March 12, 1933. On March 15, 1933, the Dow had its biggest percent gain. The stock market had been closed after President Franklin D. Roosevelt temporarily shut down the banks and the government passed an emergency act where the Federal Reserve essentially agreed to insure banks’ deposits. (AP Photo/File)