2002: Merrill Lynch pays $100 million after e-mails from ex-Internet analyst Henry Blodget emerge. He calls one stock "a piece of crap" while rating it "accumulate."

			1971 -- After nearly a decade of preparation, the NASDAQ market opens for stock trading, as the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation system first displays the median price for more than 2,500 “over-the-counter” securities. The NASDAQ Composite Index is set at an initial value of 100.