27 October 1702
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| From myfloridahistory.org |
On this date in 1702 - British troops and privateers plundered the Spanish settlement at St Augustine, Florida.
Other Years:
1787 - The first of the Federalist Papers supporting ratification of the U.S. Constitution was published.
1810 - U.S. President James Madison signed the law that annexed the Republic of West Florida as U.S. Territory.
1838 - Missouri governor Lilburn Boggs issued the Extermination Order, which orders all Mormons to leave the state or be exterminated.
1864 - Federal troops attacked the South Side Railroad at Petersburg, Virginia.
1981 - Andrew Young, former UN Ambassador, was elected mayor of Atlanta, Georgia.
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