Tuesday, the Dow climbed 372.65 points (1.49%) to 25,425.76, the NASDAQ closed 106.71 points (1.46%) higher at 7,414.62, and the S&P 500 increased 34.93 points (1.29%) to 2,744.73. The Russell 2000 was up 19.25 points (1.27%) at 1,538.23, and the Wilshire 5000 gained 358.56 points (1.28%) to finish at 28,462.48.

The price of the 10-year Treasury note was down 7/32, increasing its yield to 2.681%. The price of the 30-year Treasury bond decreased 14/32, bringing its yield up to 3.015%.

ON THIS DATE: In 1741, “The American Magazine,” the first magazine in the U.S., was published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1889, Norman Coleman became the first U.S. Secretary of Agriculture. In 1914, the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (known as ASCAP) was formed in New York City. The society was founded to protect the copyrighted musical compositions of its members. In 1935, in Flemington, New Jersey, a jury found Bruno Richard Hauptmann guilty of the kidnapping and death of the infant son of Charles and Anne Lindbergh. Hauptmann was later executed for the crimes. In 1945, during World War II, Allied aircraft began bombing the German city of Dresden. In 1965, 16-year-old Peggy Fleming won the ladies senior figure skating title at Lake Placid, New York. In 1971, South Vietnamese troops invaded Laos, backed by U.S. air and artillery support. In 1990, in Ottawa, the United States and its European allies forged an agreement with the Soviet Union and East Germany on a two-stage formula to reunite Germany. In 2000, Charles M. Schulz’s last original Sunday “Peanuts” comic strip appeared in newspapers. Schulz had died the day before. In 2002, former New York mayor Rudolph Giuliani received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II.

WEDNESDAY WISDOM: “Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your good health has vanished.”—Og Mandino, American author