June 9 - This Day in History

June 9 : General Interest
1973: Secretariat wins Triple Crown

With a spectacular victory at the Belmont Stakes, Secretariat becomes the first horse since Citation in 1948 to win America's coveted Triple Crown--the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont Stakes... read more


American Revolution
1772 : British customs vessel, Gaspee, burns off Rhode Island
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-customs-vessel-gaspee-burns-off-rhode-island


Automotive
2006 : "Cars" released
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cars-released


Civil War
1863 : Cavalry forces clash at the Battle of Brandy Station
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-brandy-station


Cold War
1954 : Joseph McCarthy meets his match
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/joseph-mccarthy-meets-his-match


Crime
1956 : Best-selling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/best-selling-crime-novelist-patricia-cornwell-is-born


Disaster
1972 : Flash flood hits Rapid City
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/flash-flood-hits-rapid-city


General Interest
1534 : Cartier discovers St. Lawrence River
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cartier-discovers-st-lawrence-river

1772 : British vessel burned off Rhode Island
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/british-vessel-burned-off-rhode-island


Hollywood
1993 : "Hollywood madam" arrested
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/hollywood-madam-arrested


Literary
1956 : Patricia Cornwall is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patricia-cornwall-is-born


Music
1891 : Cole Porter is born
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cole-porter-is-born


Old West
1856 : Mormon handcart pioneers depart for Salt Lake City
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mormon-handcart-pioneers-depart-for-salt-lake-city


Presidential
1886 : Cleveland asks Congress to ratify extradition agreement with Japan
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cleveland-asks-congress-to-ratify-extradition-agreement-with-japan


Sports
1973 : Secretariat wins Triple Crown
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/secretariat-wins-triple-crown


Vietnam War
1964 : CIA report challenges "domino theory"
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cia-report-challenges-domino-theory

1972 : South Vietnamese soldiers reach An Loc
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-vietnamese-soldiers-reach-an-loc


World War I
1915 : William Jennings Bryan resigns as U.S. secretary of state
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/william-jennings-bryan-resigns-as-us-secretary-of-state


World War II
1944 : The Red Army invades Karelian Isthmus in Finland
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-red-army-invades-karelian-isthmus-in-finland