Tuesday, the Dow climbed 389.17 points (1.65%) to 24,033.36, the NASDAQ was up 71.16 points (1.04%) at 6,941.28, and the S&P 500 closed 32.56 points (1.26%) higher at 2,614.44. The Russell 2000 gained 19.62 points (1.31%) to finish at 1,512.15, and the Wilshire 5000 increased 322.73 points (1.20%) to 27,117.04.

The price of the 10-year Treasury note decreased 14/32, bringing its yield up to 2.781%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond fell 32/32, increasing its yield to 3.016%.

ON THIS DATE: In 1812, the territory of Orleans became the 18th U.S. state and would become known as Louisiana. In 1818, a plan was passed by Congress that the U.S. flag would have 13 red and white stripes and 20 stars and that a new star would be added for the each new state. In 1841, President William Henry Harrison, at the age of 68, became the first president to die in office. He had been sworn in only a month before he died of pneumonia. In 1862, the Battle of Yorktown began as Union General George B. McClellan closed in on Richmond, Virginia. In 1887, Susanna M. Salter became mayor of Argonia, Kansas, making her the first woman mayor in the U.S. In 1917, the U.S. Senate voted 90-6 to enter World War I on the Allied side. In 1932, after five years of research, professor C.G. King, of the University of Pittsburgh, isolated vitamin C. In 1945, during World War II, U.S. forces liberated the Nazi death camp Ohrdruf in Germany. In 1949, twelve nations signed a treaty to create The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO). In 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. was assassinated at the age of 39. In 1973, in New York, the original World Trade Center twin towers opened. At the time they were the tallest buildings in the world. In 1974, Hank Aaron tied Babe Ruth’s major league baseball home-run record with 714.

WEDNESDAY WISDOM: “It’s not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”—Epictetus, Greek Stoic philosopher