Lottery numbers
Thursday’s Wash. Daily Game: 7-5-0.
Thursday’s Keno: 1-2-5-7-16-21- 27-31-34-40-42-46-58-62-65-66- 69-70-73-78.
Today in history
1812: The Russians set fire to Moscow in the face of an invasion by Napoleon Bonaparte’s troops.
1814: Francis Scott Key was inspired to write his poem “The Star-Spangled Banner” after witnessing how Fort McHenry in Maryland had endured British bombardment during the War of 1812.
1847: U.S. forces under Gen. Winfield Scott took control of Mexico City.
1901: President McKinley died in Buffalo, N.Y., of gunshot wounds inflicted by an assassin. Vice President Theodore Roosevelt succeeded him.
2006: An outbreak of E. coli illnesses in 26 states was traced to bagged spinach.