Saint John Almanac

Published Wednesday October 15th, 2008

Lotteries

Keno for Monday, Oct. 13: The unofficial winning numbers were: 1, 3, 7, 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 29, 31, 33, 35, 42, 43, 44, 47, 49 and 58. The tag number was 521455.

Bucko for Monday, Oct. 13: The unofficial winning numbers were: 5, 9, 22, 23 and 30.

Today in history

On this date 100 years ago, in 1908, influential economist John Kenneth Galbraith was born in Iona Station, Ont.

An activist liberal, Galbraith was personal adviser to U.S. presidents Franklin Roosevelt and Lyndon Johnson. He died in 2006.

Also on this date:

In 1953, the Trans-Mountain oil pipeline was completed between Edmonton and Vancouver.

In 1968, guitarist Jimmy Page unveiled Led Zeppelin, the band he formed after leaving the Yardbirds.

In 1993, during a federal election campaign, the Conservatives touched off howls of protest with a series of TV ads that critics said made fun of Liberal leader Jean Chretien’s face, disfigured by a childhood disease.

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