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Note that a crash of similar magnitude and duration happened in the 60s, well before computerized trading.

• yummyfajitas 16y ago
  Could you provide a source?
  • anamax 16y ago
    I'm looking... (It isn't the first two places where I thought that I saved it.)
    • petewarden 16y ago
      Here's a link discussing the May 1962 equivalent to the flash crash: http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703957604575272791511469272.html http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1000142405274870395760457527...