It also punctuates a staggering fall for one of Wall Street's most closely watched investors and personalities.
It is a staggering fall in the last two weeks and they simply have to halt the run this week.
The spread of Mr Kilby's invention into never-thought-of applications, and the staggering fall in its cost, never ceased to astonish and delight him.In 2000, Mr Kilby shared the Nobel prize for physics.
The censure marks a staggering fall for Mr. Rangel, who has represented Harlem for half of his life, and had risen to become one of the most prominent and well-liked members of Congress.
And the staggering fall in the cost of renewables provided much-needed confidence to many negotiating teams, whether from fossil fuel-dependent rich nations, or poorer countries in which local pollution is becoming politically unsustainable.
Since the apex of the last financial crisis in October 2008 when Lehman Brothers went bust, this number has declined by a full 3.8% - a staggering fall in the size of the workforce.
