Lottery numbers

Wednesday’s Wash. Daily Game: 9-3-1.

Wed. Lotto: 9-14-24-36-42-46.

No winner. Next jackpot: $2.7 million.

Wednesday’s Keno: 5-7-13-14-17-18- 21-26-31-32-42-53-61-68-70-71- 73-74-76-80

Wed. Hit 5: 8-14-25-28-36.

No winner. Next jackpot: $370,000.

Wed. Powerball: 13-16-33-44-47.

Power Ball: 29.

Wed. Wild Card: 6-21-23-25-31.

Wild Card: J♠.

Wed. Montana Cash: 9-16-21-29-35.

Today in history

1861: Union Gen. John C. Fremont instituted martial law in Missouri and declared slaves there to be free. (However, Fremont’s order was countermanded days later by President Lincoln).

1862: Union forces were defeated by the Confederates at the Second Battle of Bull Run in Manassas, Va.

1963: The “Hot Line” communications link between Washington and Moscow went into operation.

1983: Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first black American astronaut to travel in space, blasting off aboard the Challenger.

1997: Reports came of the car crash in Paris that claimed the lives of Princess Diana, Dodi Fayed and their driver, Henri Paul. (Because of the time difference, the crash actually occurred Aug. 31 .)