TODAY IN HISTORY 1942
The SS Struma, a charter ship attempting to carry nearly 800 Jewish refugees from Romania to British-mandated Palestine, was torpedoed by a Soviet submarine in the Black Sea; all but one of the refugees perished.
2002
The Salt Lake City Olympics came to a close, the same day Canada won its first hockey gold in 50 years and three cross-country skiers were thrown out of the games for using a performance-enhancing drug.
2011
Discovery, the world's most traveled spaceship, thundered into orbit for the final time, heading toward the International Space Station on a journey marking the beginning of the end of the shuttle era.
2012
Jan Berenstain who with her husband, Stan, wrote and illustrated the Berenstain Bears books, died in Solebury Township, Pennsylvania at age 88.
2020
Former Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein was convicted in New York on charges of rape and sexual assault involving two women. (Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison.)
Birthdays
Singer Joanie Sommers is 83. Actor Jenny O'Hara is 82. Actor Helen Shaver is 73. News anchor Paula
Zahn is 68. Actor Emilio Rivera is 63. Jazz musician Jimmy Greene is 49. Former boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. is 47.
LOTTERY WINNING NUMBERS
Daily 3 Afternoon: 9, 5, 7
Daily 3 Evening: 0, 7, 0
Daily 4: 5, 9, 2, 3
Fantasy 5:
5, 7, 30, 32, 37
DAILY DERBY
1st: 03 - Hot Shot 2nd: 04 - Big Ben 3rd: 08 - Gorgeous George
Race Time: 1:48.47
SUPER LOTTO PLUS Wednesday's drawing: 1, 10, 17, 34, 45
Mega number: 14
Saturday's estimated jackpot: $12 million
Friday's drawing:
4, 6, 40, 41, 60
Mega Number: 11
Friday's estimated jackpot: $525 million
POWERBALL
Wednesday's drawing: 4, 27, 33, 41, 42
Powerball: 14
Saturday's estimated jackpot: $376 million