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Black Monday remembered
On the anniversary of the day Roosevelt closed every bank in America, Alistair Cooke remembers Black Monday, the huge stock market crash of 19th October 1987.
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Fri 4 Mar 1988
21:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Fri 4 Mar 1988 21:00BBC Radio 4
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