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

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

Today is Monday, June 9, the 160th day of 2025. There are 205 days left in the year.On June 9, 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 31 lengths, winning horse racing’s Triple Crown and setting a still-standing record by running the 1 1/2-mile dirt course in 2 minutes, 24 seconds.In 1732, James Oglethorpe received a charter from Britain’s King George II to establish the colony of Georgia.In 1954, 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, ..