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September 8

4 sourced moments from September 8 in history: Michelangelo's David was unveiled in Florence (1504); St. Augustine, the oldest US city, was founded (1565); The first English Football League matches were played (1888), plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on September 8

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1966 Culture & Arts · Film & TV

Star Trek beamed onto American television

On September 8, 1966, a modest NBC sci-fi show debuted to lukewarm ratings and quietly launched a cultural juggernaut.

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1888 Sports · Football (Soccer)

The first English Football League matches were played

On September 8, 1888, twelve clubs kicked off the world's first organized football league, a template the sport still follows.

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1565 Geography · Cities

St. Augustine, the oldest US city, was founded

Decades before Jamestown or Plymouth, a Spanish admiral planted a town in Florida that has never been abandoned since.

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1504 Culture & Arts · Art

Michelangelo's David was unveiled in Florence

On September 8, 1504, a colossal nude carved from a discarded slab of marble became Florence's defiant civic emblem.

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