Lottery numbers

Wednesday’s Washington Daily Game: 2-2-5

Wednesday’s Washington Lotto: 19-22-27-29-36-40

No winner. Next jackpot: $7.2 million

Wednesday’s Washington Keno: 1-11-12- 16-17-29-34-37-42-44-45-49-51-54- 61-70-71-74-78-79

Wednesday’s Hit 5: 12-22-32-36-38

No winner. Next jackpot: $670,000

Wednesday’s Powerball: 14-21-25-45-53 Power Ball: 9

Wednesday’s Wild Card: 2-4-6-14-24 Wild Card: Q♥

Wednesday’s Montana Cash: 9-11-13-24-33

Today in history

1870: The first section of the boardwalk in Atlantic City, N.J., was opened.

1945: The charter of the United Nations was signed by 50 countries.

1948: The Berlin Airlift began in earnest after the Soviet Union cut off land and water routes to the isolated western sector of Berlin.

1959: President Eisenhower joined Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II in ceremonies opening the St. Lawrence Seaway.

1963: President Kennedy visited West Berlin, where he made his famous declaration: “Ich bin ein Berliner” (I am a Berliner).

1973: Former White House counsel John W. Dean told the Senate Watergate Committee about an “enemies list” kept by the Nixon White House.

1993: President Clinton announced the U.S. had launched missiles against Iraqi targets because of “compelling evidence” Iraq had plotted to assassinate former President Bush.

2003: The Supreme Court, in a 6-3 decision, struck down state bans on gay sex.