June 9 marks major moments in history, from Emperor Nero’s death in 68 CE and the Gaspee Affair in 1772 to Donald Duck’s debut in 1934 and Joseph Welch’s famous rebuke of Senator McCarthy in 1954. It is also remembered for Secretariat’s legendary 1973 Belmont Stakes victory, when he won the Triple Crown by 31 lengths.

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