This Day in History Sept. 8

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Sept. 8

1504 Michelangelo's David is unveiled in Piazza della Signoria in Florence
1565 St. Augustine, Florida was founded by Spanish admiral and Florida's first governor, Pedro Men?ndez de Avil?s
1810 The Tonquin sets sail from New York Harbor with 33 employees of John Jacob Astor's newly created Pacific Fur Company on board. After a six-month journey around the tip of South America, the ship arrives at the mouth of the Columbia River and Astor's men establish the fur-trading town of Astoria, Oregon
1888 In Spain, the first travel of Isaac Peral's submarine, was the first practical submarine ever made
1930 3M begins marketing Scotch transparent tape

Birthdays:

1871 Samuel McLaughlin, Canadian businessman and philanthropist, founded the McLaughlin Car Company (the Canadian version of a Buick called McLaughlin Buick)

Deaths:

1970 Percy Spencer, American engineer, invented the microwave oven

Thought for the day :

" One family builds a wall, two families enjoy it. "
 

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