1931 was the worst, but notice that 1930 was not far behind.
31 December 2008
2008 Was the Third Worst Year for US Stocks Since 1896
Category:
Great Depression,
stock market crash,
worst years
"You are the very cause of your ignorance, yourselves. You put away the light, yourselves; you first pluck out both your own eyes, yourselves; and after that other men’s too, so that the blind may lead the blind, until you both fall into the pit.”
Thomas More, The Sadness of Christ (Gethsemane), Tower of London, 1535