http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987)pretty good...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Monday_(1987)

pretty good synopsis of events.

as a time line it was the day i moved into a bran new waterfront house and my builder had to tell me the sharemarket went into meltdown,not a very good feeling much like people must be feeling now.

The only upside i can attest to is i am still alive,the world continued as we know it and will do again.