Tuesday, the Dow closed 50.81 points (0.24%) lower at 21,029.47, the NASDAQ was down 7.00 points (0.11%) at 6,203.19, and the S&P 500 decreased 2.91 points (0.12%) to 2,412.91. The Russell 2000 fell 11.05 points (0.80%) to 1,371.19, and the Wilshire 5000 lost 53.70 points (0.21%) to finish at 25,053.41.

The price of the 10-year Treasury note increased 11/32, bringing its yield down to 2.212%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond climbed 22/32, decreasing its yield to 2.880%.

ON THIS DATE: In 1859, in London, Big Ben went into operation. In 1870, E.J. DeSemdt patented asphalt. In 1879, New York’s Madison Square Garden opened. In 1884, Dr. John Harvey Kellogg patented “flaked cereal.” In 1907, the first taxis arrived in New York City. They were the first in the United States. In 1909, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) held its first conference. In 1913, the 17th Amendment went into effect. It provided for popular election of U.S. senators. In 1941, the first issue of “Parade: The Weekly Picture Newspaper” went on sale. In 1955, the U.S. Supreme Court ordered that all states must end racial segregation “with all deliberate speed.” In 1977, the trans-Alaska oil pipeline was finished after three years of construction. In 1994, the U.S. announced it was no longer aiming long-range nuclear missiles at targets in the former Soviet Union. In 2003, in North Carolina, Eric Robert Rudolph was captured. He had been on the FBI’s 10 Most Wanted list for five years for several bombings including the 1996 Olympic bombing.

WEDNESDAY WISDOM: “All you need is love. But a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.”—Charles M. Schulz, cartoonist best known for the “Peanuts” comic strip