Yesterday, the Dow was down 54.24 points (0.28%) at 19,097.90, the NASDAQ closed 30.11 points (0.56%) lower at 5,368.81, and the S&P 500 decreased 11.63 points (0.53%) to 2,201.72. The Russell 2000 fell 17.38 points (1.29%) to 1,329.82, and the Wilshire 5000 lost 138.95 points (0.60%) to finish at 23,029.28.

On the NYSE, 3.1 billion shares traded, with declining issues outnumbering advancing issues nearly 2 to 1. On the NASDAQ, 2.9 billion shares changed hands, with a more than 2 to 1 lead for decliners.

The price of the 10-year Treasury note was up 13/32, decreasing its yield to 2.312%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond increased 22/32, bringing its yield down to 2.974%.

ON THIS DATE: In 1864, the Sand Creek Massacre occurred in Colorado when a militia led by Colonel John Chivington, kil.led at least 400 peaceful Cheyenne and Arapaho Indians who had surrendered and had been given permission to camp. In 1890, Navy defeated Army by a score of 24-0 in the first Army-Navy football game. In 1892, a patent was issued to Almon Brown Strowger for the rotary dial. In 1929, the first airplane flight over the South Pole was made by U.S. Navy Lt. Commander Richard E. Byrd. In 1961, the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft was launched by the U.S. with Enos the chimp on board. The craft orbited the earth twice before landing off Puerto Rico. In 1963, U.S. President Lyndon Johnson named a commission headed by Earl Warren to investigate the assassination of President John Kennedy. In 1975, Bill Gates adopted the name Microsoft for the company he and Paul Allen had formed to write the BASIC computer language for the Altair. In 1986, actor Cary Grant died at the age of 82. In 1994, the U.S. House passed the revised General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade. In 2004, Godzilla received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.