Historically Speaking of June 9th

The following events occurred this day:

• 1973 - With record-smashing win at Belmont, Secretariat becomes 1st Triple Crown winner since Citation in 1948
• 1943 - FDR establishes the “Pay As You Go” Tax
• 1934 - Donald Duck debuts in Disney’s short film “The Wise Little Hen”
• 1914 - Honus Wagner becomes 2nd man in baseball history to get 3,000 hits
• 1534 - Cartier is 1st European to discover St. Lawrence River
• 68 - Roman Emperor Nero commits suicide to avoid Senate-imposed death by flogging

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