Major trends and events in the years having a total of 1 like 2026.
20th September 2025
Major trends and events in the years having a total of 1 like 2026.
Dear Fellow Travellers,
Namaste! Our last post on 2026 was well circulated and appreciated. Today we will deal with the major trends and events for Number 1 year like 2026. Year 2026 is having a number 1 in total having a 6 as the last digit. The same combination was observed in the year 1936 last. Ideally, Having number 1 as a total is one thing and having a 6 digit at the last is another. In that way – no combination of the year is comparable as each year has its own unique characteristics.
Still I have taken 1981 / 1990 / 1999 / 2008/ 2017 to verify the effects of number 1.
Tons of new life changing beginnings had happened in the above years. I have enlisted a few of them. You will be amazed how the events in the above years shaped our life today.
1981:-
- First AIDS cases reported: The first recognized cases of AIDS were reported in June.
- First IBM Personal Computer: The original IBM PC was released on August 12.
- First successful heart-lung transplant: A team at Stanford Hospital performed the first successful combined heart-lung transplant.
- Infosys was founded in India.
1990 :-
· This was an important year in the Internet's early history. In late 1990, Tim Berners-Lee created the first web server and the foundation for the World Wide Web.
· February/March – 100,000 Kashmiri Pandits leave their homeland in Jammu and Kashmir's Valley after being targeted by Islamist extremists.
1999: -
- The Euro is established: The euro currency was established in January, and the European Central Bank assumed its full powers.
- Napster launches: The peer-to-peer file-sharing service Napster was created in June, revolutionizing digital music sharing.
- First human chromosome sequenced: Researchers announced they had successfully mapped the entire sequence of protein-coding genes on human chromosome 22.
- India faced Kargil War.
2008
- Large Hadron Collider: CERN's Large Hadron Collider, the world's most powerful particle accelerator, circulated its first proton beam on September 10.
- Chandrayaan-1: On October 22, India successfully launched its first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-1, which entered lunar orbit in November.
- Bitcoin inception: The pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto published a paper titled "Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System" on November 1.
- Housing bubble bursts: The year was defined by a severe financial crisis that started in the U.S. with the collapse of the subprime mortgage market. Easy credit had fuelled a housing bubble, and as prices dropped, homeowners with variable-rate mortgages began to default.
- Lehman Brothers collapses: The crisis escalated dramatically on September 15 when the global investment bank Lehman Brothers filed for bankruptcy, which caused global credit markets to freeze.
2017: -
· ISRO set a new record by launching 104 satellites on a single rocket.
· GST Rollout: The Goods and Services Tax (GST) was implemented on July 1, marking India's biggest tax reform since independence. It replaced numerous central and state-level taxes with a single indirect tax.
If you look at the INTERNET / EURO / BITCOIN / GST – they have shaped our life like anything today. They all were launched in the year having a total 1.
We will deal with the year 2026 likely events in the next post. But, let us see how the market has been in the last 90 years.
MARKET RETURNS in the past 90 years: -
1936 : - The Dow saw an impressive gain of 24.82%.
1945 : - The Dow showed a positive performance in 1945 with the index showing annual gain and 50% rise from the start of WW-II in 1939.
1954 : - The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) had a strong performance in 1954, with an annual return of 44.2%. This was the best year for the Dow since 1950 and marked the continuation of a significant bull market.
1963 : - The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) had a strong performance in 1963, with an annual return of 17.1%.
1972 : - The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) performed positively in 1972, with an annual return of 14.6%. The most significant event for the index that year was surpassing the 1,000-point milestone for the first time on November 14, 1972
1981 : - The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) performed negatively in 1981, with an annual return of -9.2%.
The BSE Sensex, with a base value of 100 in April 1979, was around 173 by March 1981, representing a significant increase from its inception but with no specific details on the annual performance for the calendar year 1981 alone in the provided snippets. The index saw a substantial 35% jump in the 1980-1981 fiscal year, reaching 173 from 100 in 2 years.
1990 : - The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) performed negatively in 1990, with an annual return of -4.45%.
The BSE Sensex first crossed the 1,000-point mark on July 25, 1990, closing at 1,001 points, driven by a good monsoon and strong corporate results. The year ended with the Sensex at approximately 1048.29 points, after a 34.63%.
1999 : - The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) performed positively in 1999, with an annual return of 25.5%.
SENSEX was at 3933 points on 31/12/1998 and It closed at 5000 in 1999.
2008 : - Dow was down 33% in 2008.
Sensex 2007 closing was 20286. It closed at 9647 in 2008. Down 50%.
2017: - Dow was up 25%.
Sensex was 26626. Closed at 34056. 28% plus growth.
If you look at the history – in the last 10 cycles - US markets was up 7 times and down just 3 times in the year having a total of 1 in the case of the USA.
In India – SENSEX closed 4 times positively in the last 5 instances.
What kind of events are likely to take place in 2026?
We will deal with the year 2026 events in the next post.
I wish you have a great time ahead.
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