9 June 1973. Secretariat, nicknamed Big Red, wins the Triple Crown, winning the Kentucky Derby, Preakness, and Belmont Stakes. It was the first horse since Citation in 1948 to accomplish this. He won the Belmont Stakes by an incredible 31 lengths.
1946, Soviet leader Joseph Stalin issues a secret order to denounce General Georgy Zhukov.
1943: Future President George H. W. Bush is commissioned as an ensign in the U.S. Naval Reserves, making him the youngest naval pilot to that date.
1920, The Imperial War Museum is opened by King George V at the Crystal Palace. The museum now has five branches located throughout England.
1914. Honus Wagner, age 40, gets his 3,000th hit, a double. He was the second person to get 3,000 hits. His lifetime batting average was an incredible .329.
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