Lottery numbers
Tuesday’s Washington Daily Game: 5-7-1.
Tuesday’s Washington Lucky for Life: 19-28-39-75.
Tuesday’s Washington Keno: 6-13-19-20-32-38-39-43-47-50-54-56- 59-60-61-64-68-70-71-80.
Tuesday’s Mega Millions: 1-3-15-19-29.
Mega Ball: 39
Today in history
1776: Nathan Hale was hanged as a spy by the British during the Revolutionary War.
1789: Congress authorized the office of Postmaster-General.
1792: The French Republic was proclaimed.
1927: Gene Tunney successfully defended his heavyweight boxing title against Jack Dempsey in the famous “long-count” fight in Chicago.
1949: The Soviet Union exploded its first atomic bomb.
1950: Omar N. Bradley was promoted to the rank of five-star general, joining an elite group that included Dwight D. Eisenhower, Douglas MacArthur, George C. Marshall and Henry H. “Hap” Arnold.
1964: The musical “Fiddler on the Roof” opened on Broadway, beginning a run of 3,242 performances.
1964: “The Man from U.N.C.L.E.” premiered on NBC television.
1975: Sara Jane Moore attempted to shoot President Ford outside a San Francisco hotel, but missed.
1980: The Persian Gulf conflict between Iran and Iraq erupted into full-scale war.