Today in history

Today is Friday, June 9, the 160th day of 2017 and the 82nd day of spring.

On this date in the SCV:

In 1938, The Signal reported that The Newhall School baseball team finished the season in a blaze of glory by winning the baseball championship and a silver trophy. The team’s fighting spirit and excellent team play carried them to victory as two of the games were won in the last inning and two in extra innings. Bobby Cooke won the batting championship of Newhall with .679. Newhall School had been fortunate in making a clean sweep in sports that year, winning the basketball, track and baseball championships. No other team in the history of the league had ever won all three championships in one year. This spoke well for the local team as Southwestern Military Academy had large boys and La Canada had over twice the enrollment of Newhall.

Today’s Highlights in History:

In 1790, John Barry’s “The Philadelphia Spelling Book” became the first copyrighted work in the United States.

In 1856, nearly 500 Mormon “handcart pioneers” began a pilgrimage on foot from Iowa City, Iowa, to Salt Lake City, Utah.

In 1954, Army counsel Joseph Welch confronted Sen. Joseph McCarthy during the Army-McCarthy hearings.

In 1999, Yugoslavia signed a peace treaty pledging that Serbian forces would withdraw from Kosovo in 11 days, thus ending the Kosovo War.

Today’s fact: Legendary guitarist Les Paul is the only person to be inducted into both the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and the National Inventors Hall of Fame.

Today’s sports: In 1973, Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes and became the ninth horse in history to complete horse racing’s Triple Crown. His time of 2:24 remains the American record for the 1.5 mile on dirt.

Today’s number: 5 – weeks that Robert McNamara served as the president of Ford Motor Co. before he was appointed the secretary of defense in 1960. McNamara was the first Ford president who was not related to founder Henry Ford.

Today’s(June 9). moon: Full moon