In the Sunshine State on this day in 1565 From the account of Pedro Menendez’s expedition to Florida in 1565 by Francisco Lopez de Mendoza Grajales, the chaplain to the expedition.

“At noon, Thursday, August 9, we identified the island of San Juan de Puerto Rico and as night had fallen, our pilot ordered sails furled so that we would remain still among many banks surrounding the island and port....”

In 1841 Colonel William Jennings Worth implements his policy of white resettlement in Florida when he provides assistance and protection to a band of 13 whites and eight slaves in a small settlement at Cedar Hammock.

In 1908 The Tampa Evening News, published by the Tampa Morning Tribune Company, ceased publication.