Lottery numbers
Thursday’s Washington Daily Game: 8-9-6.
Thursday’s Washington Lucky for Life: 16-18-39-45.
Thursday’s Washington Keno: 10-13-14-
17-20-21-25-32-35-37-39-42-45-47-
51-53-68-69-71-72.
Today in history
1885: Ulysses S. Grant, the 18th president of the United States, died in Mount McGregor, N.Y., at age 63.
1904: By some accounts, the ice cream cone was invented by Charles E. Menches during the Louisiana Purchase Exposition in St. Louis.
1914: Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia following the killing of Archduke Francis Ferdinand by a Serb assassin; the dispute led to World War I.
1967: Rioting that claimed some 43 lives erupted in Detroit.
1984: Vanessa Williams became the first Miss America to resign her title, because of nude photographs of her that turned up in Penthouse magazine.
1986: Britain’s Prince Andrew married Sarah Ferguson at Westminster Abbey in London. (The couple divorced in 1996.)
1999: Woodstock ‘99 opened in Rome, N.Y.