Lottery numbers
Wednesday’s Washington Daily Game: 0-4-1
Wednesday’s Washington Lotto: 1-3-6-12-18-30
No winner. Next jackpot: $3.9 million
Wednesday’s Washington Keno: 4-11- 23-26-29-38-39-46-52-54-56-57- 63-64-65-68-72-74-77-80
Wednesday’s Hit 5: 9-17-22-28-33
No winner. Next jackpot: $160,000
Wednesday’s Powerball: 9-25-26-28-42. Power Ball: 26
Wednesday’s Wild Card: 1-13-15-29-30. Wild Card: J♣
Wednesday’s Montana Cash: 4-10-25-30-31
Today in history
1794: Antoine Lavoisier, the father of modern chemistry, was executed on the guillotine during France’s Reign of Terror.
1846: The first major battle of the Mexican-American War was fought at Palo Alto, Texas; U.S. forces led by General Zachary Taylor were able to beat back the invading Mexican forces.
1945: President Truman announced in a radio address that World War II had ended in Europe.
1958: Vice President Richard Nixon was shoved, stoned, booed and spat upon by anti-American protesters in Lima, Peru.
1970: Antiwar protests took place across the United States; in New York, construction workers broke up a demonstration on Wall Street.
1973: Militant American Indians who’d held the South Dakota hamlet of Wounded Knee for 10 weeks surrendered.
1978: David R. Berkowitz pleaded guilty in a Brooklyn courtroom to murder, attempted murder and assault in connection with one of the “Son of Sam” shootings that had terrified New Yorkers.