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June 8, 1941

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ROBERT MORRIS 2D; 30,801 See Whirlaway Gain Triple Crown in $52,270 Belmont

By Bryan Field

Whirlaway yesterday did the expected in his own proud manner when he won the seventy-third Belmont Stakes before 30,801 persons on the final afternoon of a record-breaking Belmont Park meeting. The chestnut colt from the Calumet Farm raced through the stretch so easily that he had his ears pricking, and he also had that mightiest triple crown tilted jauntily on his handsome forelock.

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Notable Births

Robert Bradford (Northern Irish politician)

1941Robert Bradford, Northern Irish politician and activist (died 1981)[†]

Robert Jonathan Bradford was a Methodist Minister and a Vanguard Unionist and Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for the Belfast South constituency in Northern Ireland until his murder by the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) on 14 November 1981.

George Pell

1941George Pell, Australian cardinal (died 2023)[†]

George Pell was an Australian cardinal of the Catholic Church. From 2002, he faced recurring accusations of sexual abuse, although his subsequent sexual abuse conviction was quashed on appeal to the High Court of Australia.

Historical Events

Allies of World War II

1941World War II: The Allies commence the Syria–Lebanon Campaign against the possessions of Vichy France in the Levant.[†]

The Allies, formally referred to as the United Nations from 1942, were an international military coalition formed during World War II (1939–1945) to oppose the Axis powers. Its principal members were the "Big Four" – the United Kingdom, United States, Soviet Union, and China.