Today In History
Today is Friday, June 9, the 160th day of 2017. There are 205 days left in the year.
TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT
› 1954: During the Senate Army-McCarthy hearings, Army special counsel Joseph N. Welch berated Sen. Joseph R. McCarthy, R-Wis., for publicly attacking a member of Welch’s law firm, Fred Fisher, asking McCarthy: “Have you no sense of decency, sir? At long last, have you left no sense of decency?”
ON THIS DATE
› A.D. 68: Roman Emperor Nero committed suicide, ending a 13-year reign.
› 1870: Author Charles Dickens died in Gad’s Hill Place, England.
› 1934: The first Walt Disney animated cartoon featuring Donald Duck, “The Wise Little Hen,” was released.
› 1943: The federal government began withholding income tax from paychecks.
› 1973: Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes, becoming horse racing’s first Triple Crown winner in 25 years.
› 1986: The Rogers Commission released its report on the Challenger disaster, criticizing NASA and rocket-builder Morton Thiokol for management problems leading to the explosion that claimed the lives of seven astronauts.
› 1997: The final episode of “Married... with Children” (“Chicago Shoe Exchange”) aired on Fox, ending the series’ 11-season run.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS
Comedian Jackie Mason is 89. Media analyst Marvin Kalb is 87. Former baseball manager and player Bill Virdon is
86. Sports commentator Dick Vitale is 78. Author Letty Cottin Pogrebin is
78. Rock musician Mick Box (Uriah Heep) is 70. Retired MLB All-Star Dave Parker is 66. Film composer James Newton Howard is 66. Mystery author Patricia Cornwell is 61. Actor Michael J. Fox is 56. Writer-producer Aaron Sorkin is
56. Actor Johnny Depp is
54. Actress Gloria Reuben is 53. Rock musician Dean Felber (Hootie & the Blowfish) is 50. Rock musician Dean Dinning is
50. Musician Ed Simons is
47. Actress Keesha Sharp is 44. Country musician Shade Deggs (Cole Deggs and the Lonesome) is 43. Bluegrass singer-musician Jamie Dailey (Dailey & Vincent) is 42. Actress Michaela Conlin is 39. Actress Natalie Portman is 36. Actress Mae Whitman is 29. Actor Lucien Laviscount is 25.