U.S. stock indices closed mostly lower Tuesday as airlines, cruise companies and travel booking sites fell following the attacks in Belgium, according to the Associated Press. The Dow lost 41.30 points (0.23%) to finish at 17,582.57, the NASDAQ was up 12.79 points (0.27%) at 4,821.66, and the S&P 500 closed 2.83 points (0.14%) lower at 2,048.77. The Russell 2000 decreased by 1.24 (0.11%) to 1,097.34, and the Wilshire 5000 was down 14.90 points (0.07%) at 20,984.97.

On the NYSE, 3.2 billion shares traded, and on the NASDAQ, 2.9 billion shares changed hands, with a slight lead for declining issues on both exchanges.

ON THIS DATE: In 1775, American revolutionary Patrick Henry declared, “give me liberty, or give me death!” In 1806, explorers Lewis and Clark reached the Pacific coast, and began their return journey to the east. In 1839, the first recorded printed use of “OK” [oll korrect] occurred in Boston’s Morning Post. In 1858, Eleazer A. Gardner patented the cable streetcar. In 1868, the University of California was founded in Oakland. In 1889, U.S. President Benjamin Harrison opened Oklahoma for colonization. In 1903, the Wright brothers obtained an airplane patent. In 1909, British Lt. Ernest Shackleton found the magnetic South Pole. In 1940, “Truth or Consequences” was heard on radio for the first time. In 1942, during World War II, the U.S. government began evacuating Japanese-Americans from West Coast homes to detention centers. In 1965, America’s first two-person space flight took off from Cape Kennedy with astronauts Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young aboard. The craft was the Gemini 3. In 1983, Dr. Barney Clark died after 112 days with a permanent artificial heart. In 1990, former Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood was ordered to help clean up Prince William Sound and pay $50,000 in restitution for the 1989 oil spill. In 1998, the movie “Titanic” won 11 Oscars at the Academy Awards.