Dec. 4 (UPI) -- On this date in history: In 1881, the Los Angeles Times published its first edition. In 1918, President Woodrow Wilson became the first sitting U.S. president to travel to Europe . He lead the U.S. delegation to a peace conference ending World War I. In 1942, U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered liquidation of the Works Projects Administration, created during the Great Depression to provide work for the unemployed. The WPA was originally called the Works Progress