- Title: USA: Basketball Superstar Michael Jordan Shuts Down New York Stock Exchange
- Date: 30th October 2001
- Summary: Basketball superstar Michael Jordan rang the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange on October 30, 2001 marking the end of the trading day at the Big Board. The NYSE normally reserves the honour of ringing the closing bell at the 209-year-old exchange for champions of the financial world and retiring stock traders. Jordan, a six-time National Basketball Association champion as a member of the Chicago Bulls, was actually ringing the bell to mark his comeback from his second retirement. Later that day Jordan, returned to the basketball court for his first regular season game in more than three years in a game against the New York Knicks at Madison Square Garden.
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- Location: USA NEW YORK CITY
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