Lottery numbers
Thursday’s Wash. Daily Game: 3-7-2.
Thursday’s Keno: 1-7-8-15-18-19- 20-27-30-31-40-44-45-50-56-57- 63-64-68-79.
Today in history
1881: The “Gunfight at the O.K. Corral” took place in Tombstone, Ariz., as Wyatt Earp, his two brothers and “Doc” Holliday confronted Ike Clanton’s gang. Three of Clanton’s group were killed; Earp’s brothers and Holliday were wounded.
1942: Japanese planes badly damaged the U.S. ship Hornet in the Battle of Santa Cruz Islands during World War II. (The Hornet sank early the next morning.)
1972: Henry Kissinger declared, “Peace is at hand” in Vietnam.
2001: President Bush signed the USA Patriot Act, giving authorities unprecedented ability to search, seize, detain or eavesdrop in their pursuit of possible terrorists.