Lottery numbers

Tuesday’s Washington Daily Game:

8-6-8

Tuesday’s Washington Keno: 4-6-13- 17-19-20-27-29-36-39-40-54- 55-59-62-64-75-76-79-80

Tues. Mega Millions: 5-16-31-49-54

Mega Ball: 19.

Today in history

1756: In India, a group of British soldiers was imprisoned in a suffocating cell that gained notoriety as the “Black Hole of Calcutta”; most died.

1893: A jury in New Bedford, Mass., found Lizzie Borden innocent of the ax murders of her father and stepmother.

1943: Race-related rioting erupted in Detroit; federal troops were sent in two days later to quell the violence that resulted in more than 30 deaths.

1947: President Truman vetoed the Taft-Hartley Act, but had his veto overridden by Congress.

1967: Boxer Muhammad Ali was convicted of refusing to be drafted. (Ali’s conviction was ultimately overturned by the Supreme Court).

1997: The tobacco industry agreed to a massive settlement in exchange for major relief from lawsuits and legal bills.

2001: The U.S. Supreme Court declared that executing mentally retarded murderers was unconstitutionally cruel.