Lottery numbers

Tuesday’s Washington Daily Game: 2-9-0.

Tuesday’s Washington Keno: 2-7-8-13-

16-24-25-27-28-40-44-50-51-53-61-

65-74-77-78-79.

Tuesday’s Mega Millions: 7-21-24-41-51.

Mega Ball: 10

Today in history

1775: Benjamin Franklin became Postmaster-General.

1945: Winston Churchill resigned as Britain’s prime minister after his Conservatives were soundly defeated by the Labour Party. (Clement Attlee became the new prime minister.)

1952: Argentina’s first lady, Eva Peron, died in Buenos Aires at age 33.

1952: King Farouk I of Egypt abdicated in the wake of a coup led by Gamal Abdel Nasser.

1956: The Italian liner Andrea Doria sank off New England, some 11 hours after colliding with the Swedish liner Stockholm; at least 51 people died.