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Thursday’s Washington Lucky for Life: 20-23-38-51.

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Today in history

1776: The Continental Congress passed a resolution saying that “these United Colonies are, and of right, ought to be, Free and Independent States.”

1881: President Garfield was shot by Charles J. Guiteau at the Washington railroad station; Garfield died the following September.

1890: Congress passed the Sherman Antitrust Act.

1926: The United States Army Air Corps was created.

1937: Aviator Amelia Earhart and navigator Fred Noonan disappeared over the Pacific Ocean while attempting to make the first round-the-world flight at the equator.

1961: Author Ernest Hemingway shot himself to death at his home in Ketchum, Idaho.

1964: President Johnson signed into law a sweeping civil rights bill passed by Congress.

1976: The Supreme Court ruled the death penalty was not inherently cruel or unusual.

1994: Colombian soccer player Andres Escobar was shot to death in Medellin, 10 days after accidentally scoring a goal against his own team in World Cup competition.

2001: Robert Tools received the world’s first self-contained artificial heart in Louisville, Ky. (He lived 151 days with the device.)

2002: American adventurer Steve Fossett became the first person to fly a balloon solo around the world as he returned to western Australia.