June 9th What Happened on the day you were born on This day in History
1973 U.S.A. Secretariat Triple Crown Winner
9th June 1973 : Secretariat became horse racing's first Triple Crown ( Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes ) winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes. The previous triple crown winner was Citation in 1948.
9th June 1973 : Secretariat became horse racing's first Triple Crown ( Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes and the Belmont Stakes ) winner in 25 years by winning the Belmont Stakes. The previous triple crown winner was Citation in 1948.
2006 U.S.A. Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act (Cope Act).
9th June 2006 : Congress passes the Cope Act by 321-101 votes.
What Is the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act (Cope Act)
The Cope act is a major overhaul of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 with a large number of changes some good and needed but some which may well cause the largest changes to how we are allowed to use the Internet once we have paid an ISP for a connection.
Below I have included the most important part of the act and an example of how I believe it will effect ordinary subscribers and how some subscribers are being affected today.
Network Neutrality
What Is It
Network Neutrality broadly means that once you have paid for your subcription to the Internet how you use the access is up to you, and all service speeds ( the speed a page or download is delivered to your browser ) are free and equal of limits via the ISP'S.
What Effect could it have on your Internet Access
Current use of this ending of Network Neutrality is being used by Comcast who are slowing down certain protocols for example the BitTorrent protocol because the BitTorrent protocol is used to transfer large files including full-length videos partly because it competes with the cable company’s own video-on-demand and television offerings.
Current ISP Problems
Like all things there are two sides to any story and currently 10% of subscribers to ISP'S can easily use 60% of the available bandwidth making access slow for the rest of the subscribers.
Removing Network Neutrality should not be used as the answer as it could and will be used by some for the monitary gain. If ISP'S wish to adress the issue they should begin offering a service which is based on users usage ( not how it is used ) this would possibly make Internet Access cheaper for most placing the cost on the heaviest users.
9th June 2006 : Congress passes the Cope Act by 321-101 votes.
What Is the Communications Opportunity, Promotion and Enhancement Act (Cope Act)
The Cope act is a major overhaul of the Telecommunications Act of 1996 with a large number of changes some good and needed but some which may well cause the largest changes to how we are allowed to use the Internet once we have paid an ISP for a connection.
Below I have included the most important part of the act and an example of how I believe it will effect ordinary subscribers and how some subscribers are being affected today.
Network Neutrality
What Is It
Network Neutrality broadly means that once you have paid for your subcription to the Internet how you use the access is up to you, and all service speeds ( the speed a page or download is delivered to your browser ) are free and equal of limits via the ISP'S.
What Effect could it have on your Internet Access
- The company who provide your Internet Access Could define which VOIP ( Voice Over IP Telephone Service ) i.e. block those they do not supply.
- The company who provide your Internet Access could define where you download music or video from.
- The company who provide your Internet Access could even in the worst case define which shops were available through your connection and which were not ( Possibly Only Companies who payed the ISP would be accessable ).
- The company who provide your Internet Access could even in the worst case define which search engine you could or could not use.
Current use of this ending of Network Neutrality is being used by Comcast who are slowing down certain protocols for example the BitTorrent protocol because the BitTorrent protocol is used to transfer large files including full-length videos partly because it competes with the cable company’s own video-on-demand and television offerings.
Current ISP Problems
Like all things there are two sides to any story and currently 10% of subscribers to ISP'S can easily use 60% of the available bandwidth making access slow for the rest of the subscribers.
Removing Network Neutrality should not be used as the answer as it could and will be used by some for the monitary gain. If ISP'S wish to adress the issue they should begin offering a service which is based on users usage ( not how it is used ) this would possibly make Internet Access cheaper for most placing the cost on the heaviest users.
1930 U.S.A. Mobster Hit
9th June 1930 : Jake Lingle, a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, was shot and killed today at the Illinois Central train station as part of a gangland hit as the reporter knew to much about the Gangs operating in Chicago
9th June 1930 : Jake Lingle, a reporter at the Chicago Tribune, was shot and killed today at the Illinois Central train station as part of a gangland hit as the reporter knew to much about the Gangs operating in Chicago
1934 U.S.A. Donald Duck
9th June 1934 : Donald Duck makes his first film appearance, in The Wise Little Hen, a short by Walt Disney.
9th June 1934 : Donald Duck makes his first film appearance, in The Wise Little Hen, a short by Walt Disney.
1943 U.S.A. Car Tax Registration
9th June 1943 : Automobile Tax Stamps will go on sale tomorrow costing $5.00 all cars must display a tax stamp by July 1st, also all applications for Ration Books 3 must be in the mail by tomorrow
9th June 1943 : Automobile Tax Stamps will go on sale tomorrow costing $5.00 all cars must display a tax stamp by July 1st, also all applications for Ration Books 3 must be in the mail by tomorrow
1943 U.S.A. Federal Income Tax Changes
9th June 1943 : New laws are passed which require employers to withhold federal taxes from weekly paychecks. This changed the earlier format where taxes were paid in one lump sum at the end of each year, and has been called "Pay As You Go tax" .
9th June 1943 : New laws are passed which require employers to withhold federal taxes from weekly paychecks. This changed the earlier format where taxes were paid in one lump sum at the end of each year, and has been called "Pay As You Go tax" .
1953 U.S.A. Tornadoes Flint, Michigan
9th June 1953 : A series of 6 Tornadoes hit the area of Flint in Michigan and parts of Ohio yesterday killing over 140 people and leaving billions of dollars in property damage, Flint was still trying to clean up after the last series of Tornadoes on May 31st just a few weeks ago
9th June 1953 : A series of 6 Tornadoes hit the area of Flint in Michigan and parts of Ohio yesterday killing over 140 people and leaving billions of dollars in property damage, Flint was still trying to clean up after the last series of Tornadoes on May 31st just a few weeks ago
1958 UK New Improved Gatwick Airport Opens
9th June 1958 : After 2 years work the new Gatwick Airports which is London's second airport opens after major re-development. The work has included adding a railway station. Gatwick Airport is now one of the world's top 10 busiest international airports.
9th June 1958 : After 2 years work the new Gatwick Airports which is London's second airport opens after major re-development. The work has included adding a railway station. Gatwick Airport is now one of the world's top 10 busiest international airports.
1964 U.S.A. Communist Domino Theory
9th June 1964 : A CIA report challenges "domino theory" that had been used to support the Vietnam War , the domino effect contended that if South Vietnam fell the rest of Southeast Asia would quickly fall to communist control . The report believed the only country that may fall to communism would be Cambodia .
9th June 1964 : A CIA report challenges "domino theory" that had been used to support the Vietnam War , the domino effect contended that if South Vietnam fell the rest of Southeast Asia would quickly fall to communist control . The report believed the only country that may fall to communism would be Cambodia .
1970 Jordon Assassination Attempt
9th June 1970 : An assassination attempt is made on the King Hussein of Jordan when gunmen opened fire on his motorcade as it was driving near his summer palace.
9th June 1970 : An assassination attempt is made on the King Hussein of Jordan when gunmen opened fire on his motorcade as it was driving near his summer palace.
1972 U.S.A. Flash Flood Rapid City, South Dakota
9th June 1972 : The Pactola Dam in Rapid City, South Dakota collapses after heavy rain with the resulting flash flood sweeping away homes below the dam in the flood plain area and killing 230 .
9th June 1972 : The Pactola Dam in Rapid City, South Dakota collapses after heavy rain with the resulting flash flood sweeping away homes below the dam in the flood plain area and killing 230 .
1975 UK Radio Broadcast From House Of Commons
9th June 1975 : The British house of commons allows live radio broadcasts of parliament which starts on this day in history.
9th June 1975 : The British house of commons allows live radio broadcasts of parliament which starts on this day in history.
1983 UK Margaret Thatcher
9th June 1983 : Margaret Thatcher wins in a landslide victory in General Elections in the UK as the British voters went to the polls, she wants to banish extreme left wing socialism forever and the British people seem to want that as well.
9th June 1983 : Margaret Thatcher wins in a landslide victory in General Elections in the UK as the British voters went to the polls, she wants to banish extreme left wing socialism forever and the British people seem to want that as well.
1993 Liberia Massacre
9th June 1993 : News is coming out of a massacre of 350 refugees mostly women and children at a camp for war refugees outside Monrovia and investigations by the United Nations are underway to find out who perpetrated this horrific crime
9th June 1993 : News is coming out of a massacre of 350 refugees mostly women and children at a camp for war refugees outside Monrovia and investigations by the United Nations are underway to find out who perpetrated this horrific crime
2002 U.S.A. Catholic Church leaders Accused Of Covering Up Abuse
9th June 2002 : As pressure mounts on the Catholic church over alligations that Church Leaders have been covering up abuse by it's priests including many who have been found guilty of sexually abusing children remain in jobs within the US Roman Catholic Church. To help with the poor publicity this has generated for the Church leaders have suggested that Pope John Paul II be asked to defrock any priest who commits any future sexual abuse of a minor, as well as any priest who has abused more than one child in the past. Latest reports indicate that as many as 300 civil lawsuits alleging clerical sex abuse have been filed this year since the case of the paedophile priest in Boston.
9th June 2002 : As pressure mounts on the Catholic church over alligations that Church Leaders have been covering up abuse by it's priests including many who have been found guilty of sexually abusing children remain in jobs within the US Roman Catholic Church. To help with the poor publicity this has generated for the Church leaders have suggested that Pope John Paul II be asked to defrock any priest who commits any future sexual abuse of a minor, as well as any priest who has abused more than one child in the past. Latest reports indicate that as many as 300 civil lawsuits alleging clerical sex abuse have been filed this year since the case of the paedophile priest in Boston.
