On Wednesday, the Dow jumped 545.29 points (2.13%) to 26,180.30, the NASDAQ increased 194.79 points (2.64%) to 7,570.75, and the S&P 500 gained 58.44 points (2.12%) to finish at 2,813.89. The Russell 2000 was up 26.06 points (1.67%) at 1,582.16, and the Wilshire 5000 climbed 584.45 points (2.05%) to 29,051.70.

ON THIS DATE: In 1793, the Louvre Museum, in Paris, opened to the public for the first time. In 1805, the “Corps of Discovery” reached the Pacific Ocean. The expedition was led by William Clark and Meriwether Lewis. The journey had begun on May 14, 1804, with the goal of exploring the Louisiana Purchase territory. In 1889, Montana became the 41st U.S. state. In 1933, the Civil Works Administration was created by executive order by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The organization was designed to create jobs for more than 4 million unemployed people in the U.S. In 1954, the American League approved the transfer of the Philadelphia Athletics baseball team to Kansas City, Missouri. In 1959, Elgin Baylor (Minneapolis Lakers) scored 64 points and set a National Basketball Association scoring record. In 1965, the soap opera “Days of Our Lives” debuted on NBC-TV. In 1966, Edward W. Brooke of Massachusetts became the first African-American elected to the U.S. Senate by popular vote. In 1966, Ronald Reagan was elected governor of California. In 2000, in Florida, a statewide recount began to decide the winner of the 2000 U.S. presidential election.