Here are the other times the Dow has crossed milestones

The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 26,000 points for the first time Wednesday, just eight trading days after its first close above 25,000.

Here are other times the Dow first closed above 1,000-point milestones.

1,000: Nov. 14, 1972

2,000: Jan. 8, 1987

3,000: April 17, 1991

4,000: Feb. 23, 1995

5,000: Nov. 21, 1995

6,000: Oct. 14, 1996

7,000: Feb. 13, 1997

8,000: July 16, 1997

9,000: April 6, 1998

10,000: Mar. 29, 1999

11,000: May 3, 1999

12,000: Oct. 19, 2006

13,000: April 25, 2007

14,000: July 19, 2007

15,000: May 7, 2013

16,000: Nov. 21, 2013

17,000: July 3, 2014

18,000: Dec. 23, 2014

19,000: Nov. 22, 2016

20,000: Jan. 25, 2017

21,000: March 1, 2017

22,000: August 2, 2017

23,000: October 18, 2017

24,000: November 30, 2017

25,000: January 4, 2018

26,000: January 17, 2018

Source: S&P Dow Jones Indices