Thursday’s Washington Daily Game: 9-2-2.

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Today in history

1779: In the Revolutionary War, the American warship Bon Homme Richard defeated the HMS Serapis after the American commander, John Paul Jones, declared: “I have not yet begun to fight!”

1780: British spy John Andre was captured along with papers revealing Benedict Arnold’s plot to surrender West Point to the British.

1806: The Lewis and Clark expedition returned to St. Louis from the Pacific Northwest.

1952: Republican vice presidential candidate Richard M. Nixon went on television to deliver what came to be known as the “Checkers” speech as he refuted allegations of improper campaign financing.

1957: Nine black students who had entered Little Rock Central High School in Arkansas were forced to withdraw because of a white mob outside.