Market Crashes

Rank	Peak	Trough	Decline (%)	Recovery	Event(s)
1	1929-08-01	1932-05-01	79	1936-11-01	1929 Crash & Great Depression
2	2000-08-01	2009-02-01	57.6	2013-11-01	Lost Decade (Dot-Com Bust & Global Financial Crisis)
3	1972-12-01	1974-09-01	51.9	1983-06-01	Inflationary Bear Market, Vietnam, & Watergate
4	1911-06-01	1920-12-01	51	1924-06-01	WWI, Influenza Pandemic, & Postwar Auto Bubble Burst
5	1937-02-01	1938-03-01	49.9	1945-02-01	Great Depression & WWIl
6	1946-05-01	1948-02-01	37.2	1950-10-01	Postwar Bear Market
7	1968-11-01	1970-06-01	35.5	1972-11-01	Inflationary Bear Market
8	1906-01-01	1907-10-01	34.2	1908-08-01	Panic of 1907
9	1899-04-01	1900-06-01	30.4	1901-03-01	Cornering of Northern Pacific Stock
10	1987-08-01	1987-11-01	30.2	1989-07-01	Black Monday
11	1892-10-01	1893-07-01	27.3	1894-03-01	Silver Agitation
12	1961-12-01	1962-06-01	22.8	1963-04-01	Height of Cold War & Cuban Missile Crisis
13	1886-11-01	1888-03-01	22	1889-05-01	Depression & Railroad Strikes
14	1903-04-01	1903-09-01	21.7	1904-11-01	Rich Man’s Panic
15	1897-08-01	1898-03-01	21.1	1898-08-01	Outbreak of Boer War
16	1909-09-01	1910-07-01	20.5	1911-02-01	Enforcement of Sherman Antitrust Act
17	1890-05-01	1891-07-01	20.1	1892-02-01	Baring Brothers Crisis
18	2020-01-01	2020-03-01	18.3	2020-07-01	COVID-19 Pandemic
19	1966-01-01	1966-09-01	18	1967-04-01	Fear of Recession
20	1956-07-01	1957-12-01	17.5	1958-09-01	Anticipation
21	2021-12-01	2022-05-01	17.5	TBD	Ukraine, Rise of Inflation, & Shortages
22	1990-05-01	1990-10-01	17.4	1991-02-01	1st Gulf War, Mild Recession

Source: https://www.morningstar.com/portfolios/6-things-know-about-stock-market-crashes-downturns

Taylor Larimore’s story: https://www.bogleheads.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=8041516#p8041516