August 24, 2016 – Today in History

Back in 1967, the Yippies of Abbie Hoffman’s Youth International Party temporarily disrupts trading at the New York Stock Exchange by throwing dollar bills from the viewing gallery, causing trading to cease as brokers scramble to grab them. As they say, it’s all about the something money.

The day the NYSE went Yippie.Β http://money.cnn.com/2007/07/17/news/funny/abbie_hoffman/

Abbie Hoffman and Yippies shower money on the NYSE. https://actipedia.org/project/abbie-hoffman-and-yippies-shower-money-nyse

Wall Street Protest, Circa 1967. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris-weigant/abbie-hoffman-occupy-wall-street_b_993325.html

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