Tuesday, the Dow climbed 133.47 points (0.74%) to 18,228.30, the NASDAQ closed 48.22 points (0.92%) higher at 5,305.71, and the S&P 500 increased 13.83 points (0.64%) to 2,159.93. The Russell 2000 was up 5.43 points (0.44%) at 1,246.37, and the Wilshire 5000 gained 124.50 points (0.56%) to finish at 22,492.02.

On the NYSE, 3.1 billion shares traded, with advancing issues outnumbering declining issues 1.4 to 1. On the NASDAQ, 2.9 billion shares changed hands, with a 1.8 to 1 ratio between advancers and decliners.

ON THIS DATE: In 1066, England was invaded by William the Conqueror who claimed the English throne. In 1542, San Diego, California, was discovered by Portuguese navigator Juan Rodriguez Cabrillo. In 1781, during the Revolutionary War, American forces began the siege on Yorktown, Virginia. In 1787, the U.S. Congress voted to send the new Constitution of the United States to the state legislatures for their approval. In 1850, U.S. President Millard Fillmore named Brigham Young the first governor of the Utah territory. In 1924, the first around-the-world flight was completed by two U.S. Army planes when they landed in Seattle, Washington. The trip took 175 days. In 1955, the World Series was televised in color for the first time. The game was between the New York Yankees and the Brooklyn Dodgers. In 1967, the first mayor of Washington, D.C., Walter Washington, took office. In 1968, the Atlanta Chiefs won the first North American Soccer League Championship. In 1991, in response to U.S. President George H.W. Bush’s reduction of U.S. nuclear arms, Soviet President Mikhail S. Gorbachev promised to reciprocate. In 1997, the DVD format was officially debuted at the 103rd convention of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) in New York City. In 2004, the U.S. Federal Reserve and the U.S. Secret Service introduced the first newly redesigned $50 bill.