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Tuesday’s Wash. Daily Game: 0-7-2.

Tuesday’s Keno: 1-3-8-10-15-16-19- 20-21-24-33-34-36-41-59-63- 72-74-78-79.

Tues. Mega Millions: 7-11-22-27-31.

Mega Ball: 33.

Today in history

.1921: West Virginia imposed the first state sales tax.

1933: Nellie T. Ross became the first female director of the U.S. Mint.

1948: The Supreme Court ruled that covenants prohibiting the sale of real estate to blacks or members of other racial groups were legally unenforceable.

1971: Anti-war protesters began four days of demonstrations in Washington aimed at shutting down the nation’s capital.

1979: Conservative Party leader Margaret Thatcher was chosen to become Britain’s first female prime minister as the Tories ousted the incumbent Labor government in parliamentary elections.

2005: The first democratically elected government in the history of Iraq was sworn in.

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