 This week in financial history is second only to next week for
infamy. Here we find the first of October's black days as well
as financial panic and a rogue currency trader. (From robber
baron to the hero of the Panic of 1907, this man helped shape
Wall Street as we know it. See The Kingpin Of Wall Street: J.P.
Morgan.)  Morgan Calms the Panic October 19, 1907, 70-year-old
banker, J.P. Morgan, returned to Wall Street as an unlikely
superhero. Wall Street was on the edge of a financial meltdown
with the panic of 1907. A bank run on the Knickerbocker Trust
Co. of New York revealed that the bank would not have enough
capital to cover outstanding deposits - and these were days
before banks publicly revealed their balance sheets and still
many years before the FDIC. To prevent similar runs on other
banks, Morgan returned from a vacation/retirement and gathered
all the major players at his home.  IN PICTURES: How To Make
Your First $1 Million  Through force of will, Morgan threatened
and cajoled the attendees and