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Thursday’s Washington Daily Game: 8-7-8.
Thursday’s Wash. Keno: 1-7-17-19- 24-27-29-30-33-38-40-43-48- 50-51-54-61-64-65-71.
Today in history
1536: William Tyndale, who was the first to translate the Bible into early modern English, was executed for heresy.
1927: The era of talking pictures arrived with the opening of “The Jazz Singer.”
1973: Egypt and Syria attacked Israel during the Yom Kippur holiday.
1976: In his second debate with Jimmy Carter, President Ford asserted there was “no Soviet domination of eastern Europe.” (Ford later conceded he’d misspoken.)
1981: Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was shot to death by extremists while reviewing a military parade.