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Ida Denney Oral History

Ida Denney Oral History

Object number2007.001.0059
Date06/21/2007
ClassificationsOral Histories
Oral history interview subject Ida Denney
Oral history interviewer Stephen Fagin
ObjectOral history
Credit LineOral History Collection/The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza
MediumBorn digital (.m2ts file)
DimensionsDuration: 37 Minutes
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DescriptionVideotaped oral history interview with Ida Denney. An employee at a Dallas stock exchange company in 1963, Denney observed the Kennedy motorcade on Main Street. She recalled that her office closed early after the New York Stock Exchange shut down shortly after news of the assassination. Interview conducted at The Sixth Floor Museum at Dealey Plaza on June 21, 2007 by Stephen Fagin. The interview is thirty-seven minutes long.
Curatorial Commentary
Following news of the Kennedy assassination on November 22, 1963, the New York Stock Exchange shut down at 2:07PM Eastern. Interestingly, the negative market reaction was short-lived. Although the Standard & Poor's 500 plunged some 2.8% on Friday before the shutdown, the market bounced back just a few days later. Nevertheless, that one-day drop remains one of the most significant in history, greater than the drop during the Cuban missile crisis, the resignation of President Nixon and the attempted assassination of President Reagan. Three historic events that caused one-day drops larger than the Kennedy assassination include the bombing of Pearl Harbor, the 9/11 terrorist attacks and the Lehman Bros. bankruptcy in 2008. -- Stephen Fagin, Curator