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September 8

Anniversaries in American history that fall on September 8.

1900 · Events / Disasters
1900 Galveston Hurricane
The deadliest natural disaster in American history
1565 · Places / Colonial Settlements
St. Augustine
The Spanish presidio in Florida — oldest continuously inhabited European settlement in the United States