Today in History: June 9, Secretariat wins Triple Crown in record time
Currently is Monday June the th day of There are days left in the year In the modern day in history On June Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by lengths winning horse racing s Triple Crown and setting a still-standing record by running the -mile dirt program in minutes seconds Also on this date In James Oglethorpe received a charter from Britain s King George II to establish the colony of Georgia Related Articles Protests intensify in Los Angeles after Trump deploys hundreds of National Guard troops Chinese hackers and user lapses turn smartphones into a mobile measure problem PayPal Mafia How power trio of Musk Thiel and Sacks rode Silicon Valley startup success into Trump White House Currently in History June FBI director testifies he was fired over Russia analysis Cloudy skies can t dim satisfaction as thousands fill nation s capital for World Pride parade In during the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings Army special counsel Joseph N Welch berated Sen Joseph R McCarthy a Republican from Wisconsin asking Have you no sense of decency sir At long last have you left no sense of decency In heavy rains triggered record flooding in the Black Hills of South Dakota The resulting mishap left at least people dead and more than homes destroyed In leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints struck down a strategy of excluding Black men from the Mormon priesthood that had been in place for more than years In the Rogers Commission published its record on the Challenger calamity criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts In Rafael Nadal became the first man to win eight titles at the same Grand Slam tennis tournament after beating fellow Spaniard David Ferrer in the French Open final Nadal would finish his career with French Open titles In at its first masses hearing on the matter the House panel scrutinizing the Jan insurrection at the U S Capitol placed blame squarely on Donald Trump saying the assault was not spontaneous but an attempted coup and a direct outcome of the defeated president s effort to overturn the poll The present day s Birthdays Sportscaster Dick Vitale is Baseball Hall of Famer Dave Parker is Film composer James Newton Howard is Author Patricia Cornwell is Actor Michael J Fox is Writer-filmmaker Aaron Sorkin is Actor Johnny Depp is Actor Gloria Reuben is Actor Michaela Conlin is Actor Natalie Portman is Musician Anoushka Shankar is Olympic gymnastics gold medalist Laurie Hernandez is
