Dow Jones / S&P 500 milestones !

These are the first closes of the Dow Jones Industrials and the S&P 500 with the month / year that occurred. Having an idea of the past behavior of these indices is quite helpful in investing.

S&P 500                                                                 Dow Jones Industrial Average               
Closes Above         Year                                        Closes Above                 Year
100                          Jun 1968                                 1000                                 Nov 1972
200                          Nov   1985                              2000                                 Jan 1987
300                          Mar  1987                               3000                                 Apr 1991
400                          Dec 1991                                4000                                 Feb 1995
500                          Mar 1995                                5000                                 Nov 1995
600                          Nov 1995                                6000                                Oct 1996
700                          Oct 1996                                 7000                                 Feb 1997
800                          Feb 1997                                 8000                                 Jul 1997
900                          Jul 1997                                   9000                                Apr 1998
1000                        Feb 1998                                 10000                               Mar 1999
1100                        Mar 1998                                11000                               May 1999
1200                        Dec 1998                                12000                               Oct 2006
1300                        Mar 1999                                13000                               Apr 2007
1400                        Dec 1999                                14000                               Jul 2007
1500                        Jul 1999                                  15000                               May 2013

DJIA Milestones

Milestone	Date	Time
1,000	November 14, 1972	76 Years
2,000	January 8, 1987	14 Years
3,000	April 17, 1991	4 Years
4,000	February 23, 1985	4 Years
5,000	November 21, 1995	9 Months
6,000	October 14, 1996	11 Months
7,000	February 13, 1997	4 Months
8,000	July 16, 1997	5 Months
9,000	April 6, 1998	9 Months
10,000	March 29, 1999	12 Months
11,000	May 3, 1999	1 Month
12,000	October 19, 2006	7 Years, 5 Months
13,000	April 25, 2007	6 Months
14,000	July 17, 2007	3 Months
15,000	May 7, 2013	5 Years, 10 Months
16,000