Today in History: June 9, Secretariat wins Triple Crown in record time

09.06.2025    Pioneer Press    37 views
Today in History: June 9, Secretariat wins Triple Crown in record time

Nowadays is Monday June the th day of There are days left in the year Currently 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 lesson 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 Israeli forces seize Gaza-bound aid boat and detain Greta Thunberg and other activists ABC Suspends Terry Moran for Calling Stephen Miller a World-Class Hater A runaway pet zebra has been captured in Tennessee At present in History June FBI director testifies he was fired over Russia inspection Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the US charged with human smuggling as attorneys vow ongoing fight 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 tragedy 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 plan of excluding Black men from the Mormon priesthood that had been in place for more than years In the Rogers Commission circulated its summary on the Challenger catastrophe 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 population hearing on the matter the House panel probing 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 impact of the defeated president s effort to overturn the voting process Nowadays 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

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