Biggest one-day Dow point drop in history

Greatest DJIA Daily Point Losses
of All-Time
Rank	Date	Close	Net Chg	% Chg
1	9/29/08	10,365.45	-777.68	-6.98
2	9/17/01	8,920.70	–684.81	–7.13
3	4/14/00	10,305.78	–617.77	–5.66
4	10/27/97	7,161.14	–554.26	–7.18
5	8/31/98	7,539.06	–512.62	–6.37
6	10/19/87	1,738.74	–508.00	–22.61
7	9/15/08	10,917.51	-504.48	-4.42
8	9/17/08	10,609.66	-449.36	-4.06
9	3/12/01	10,208.25	–436.37	–4.10
10	2/27/07	12,216.24	–416.02	–3.29
11	6/6/08	12,209.81	–394.64	–3.13
12	7/19/02	8,019.26	–390.23	–4.64
13	8/9/07	13,270.68	–387.18	–2.83
14	9/20/01	8,376.21	–382.92	–4.37
15	10/12/00	10,034.58	–379.21	–3.64
16	3/7/00	9,796.04	–374.47	–3.68
17	9/22/08	11,015.69	-372.75	-3.27
18	2/5/08	12,265.13	–370.03	–2.93
19	10/19/07	13,522.02	–366.94	–2.64
20	11/1/07	13,567.87	–362.14	–2.60
21	11/7/07	13,300.02	–360.92	–2.64
22	1/4/00	10,997.94	–359.57	–3.17
23	6/26/08	11,453.42	–358.41	–3.03
24	8/27/98	8,165.99	–357.36	–4.19