For Jun 9:
Top News of the Day:
In 1958 - Queen Elizabeth II officially opens London's Gatwick Airport in
Crawley, West Sussex, United Kingdom. ~ She ran down the entire runway
with her arms held out and made airplane sounds.
In 1964 - The Civil Rights Act of 1964 is approved after surviving an
83-day filibuster in the United States Senate. ~ By Democrats
In 1954 - McCarthyism: Joseph Welch, special counsel for the United States
Army, lashes out at Senator Joseph McCarthy during hearings on whether
Communism has infiltrated the Army giving McCarthy the famous rebuke,
"You've done enough. Have you no sense of decency, sir, at long last?
Have you left no sense of decency?" ~ McCarty had none.
In 1973 - In horseracing, Secretariat wins the Triple Crown