Lottery numbers
Wednesday’s Wash. Daily Game: 8-9-9.
Wed. Lotto: 18-25-27-29-37-48.
No winner. Next jackpot $4.1 million.
Wed. Keno: 3-5-18-20-21-23-24-28-34- 44-46-47-49-56-63-64-66-69-76-77.
Wed. Quinto: 7 (heart), 2 (heart), 3 (diamond), 6 (club), 4 (club)
No winner. Next jackpot $450,000.
Wednesday’s Powerball: 21-24-42-49-50.
Power Ball: 1.
Wednesday’s Wild Card: 6-10-12-20-26.
Wild Card: J (spade).
Wed. Montana Cash: 8-18-21-24-37.
Today in history
1776: British forces occupied New York City during the American Revolution.
1821: Independence was proclaimed for Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and El Salvador.
1917: Russia was proclaimed a republic by Alexander Kerensky, the head of a provisional government.
1940: The tide turned in the Battle of Britain in World War II, as the Royal Air Force inflicted heavy losses on the Luftwaffe.
1950: During the Korean conflict, United Nations forces landed at Inchon in the south and began their drive toward Seoul.
1959: Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrived in the U.S. to begin a 13-day visit.
1963: Four black girls were killed when a bomb went off at the Sixteenth Street Baptist Church in Birmingham, Ala. (Three Ku Klux Klansmen were eventually convicted for their roles in the blast.)