Blue Monday Crash 2009 Blue Monday Crash 2009 On Monday, 19 January 2009, a date previously known as Blue Monday, British banking shares collapsed in a rout of selling after Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) announced the biggest corporate losses in British history. The shares fell over 67% in a single day. Shares in all other British banks suffered heavy losses. The next day Lloyds Banking Group and Barclays fell sharply again. RBS and HSBC continued to fall. News reports on RBS indicated a £28 billion loss for 2008, and the UK government pledged to increase its stake in the company to 70% .
Blue Monday Jamboree of "Blue Monday Jamboree" in 1927 featured Juliette Dunne, Harvey Austin and the Hawaiians and Mac's Haywire Orchestra. The announcer was Harrison Hollaway. Meredith Willson made his radio debut on the program in 1928. Al Pearce was one of the entertainers featured on the program. He eventually starred in a spinoff program, "Happy Go Lucky Hour", that began on KFRC, later moving to NBC and being renamed "Al Pearce and His Gang". Other members of the troupe included Jane Green, Midge Williams and Bea Benaderet. Blue Monday Jamboree Blue Monday Jamboree is an old-time radio variety program in the United