Lottery numbers

Saturday’s Wash. Daily Game: 2-2-8.

Sat. Lotto: 13-24-27-30-40-44.

No winner. Next jackpot: $4.2 million.

Sat. Keno: 11-13-15-16-18- 20-27-28-29-32-44-47-51-55- 60-61-69-72-77-78

Saturday’s Hit 5: 1-13-15-21-25.

Two winners. Next jackpot: $100,000.

Sat. Powerball: 22-37-47-48-50

Power Ball: 17.

Sat. Wild Card: 6-13-14-19-22.

Wild Card: A¢¾.

Sat. Montana Cash: 1-3-4-16-26.

Today in history

1653: Oliver Cromwell became lord protector of England

1773: The Boston Tea Party took place as American colonists boarded a British ship and dumped more than 300 chests of tea overboard to protest tea taxes.

1944: The World War II Battle of the Bulge began as German forces launched a surprise attack against Allied forces in Belgium (the Allies were eventually able to beat the Germans back).

1950: President Truman proclaimed a state of emergency to fight “world conquest by Communist imperialism.”

1991: The U.N. General Assembly rescinded its 1975 resolution equating Zionism with racism by a vote of 111-25.