On this day :
1973 Secretariat wins Triple Crown, 1772 British customs vessel Gaspee burns off Rhode Island, 2006 Cars released, 1863 Cavalry forces clash at the Battle of Brandy Station, 1954 Joseph McCarthy meets his match, 1956 Bestselling crime novelist Patricia Cornwell is born, 1972 Flash flood hits Rapid City, 1534 Cartier discovers St Lawrence River, 1772 British vessel burned off Rhode Island, 1993 Hollywood madam arrested, 1956 Patricia Cornwell is born, 1891 Cole Porter is born, 1856 Mormon handcart pioneers depart for Salt Lake City, 1886 Cleveland asks Congress to ratify extradition agreement with Japan, 1973 Secretariat wins Triple Crown, 1964 CIA report challenges domino theory, 1972 South Vietnamese soldiers reach An Loc, 1915 William Jennings Bryan resigns as US secretary of state, 1944 The Red Army invades Karelian Isthmus in Finland,
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