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MONDAY, JULY 15, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1999, the site of the Industry shipwreck was looted. The British sloop had wrecked in 1764 and was discovered by marine … Continue reading Monday, July 15, 2024

FRIDAY, JULY 12, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1958, Daniel David Sikes, Jr., a Jacksonville resident, won the National Public Links championship in Chicago. He turned pro in … Continue reading Friday, July 12, 2024

THURSDAY, JULY 11, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1969, Dr. Thomas G. Carpenter became the first president of the University of North Florida-Jacksonville. In 1973, the first graduating … Continue reading Thursday, July 11, 2024

WEDNESDAY, JULY 10, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1875, famed educator Mary McLeod Bethune was born. She opened the Daytona Educational and Training School for Negro Girls in … Continue reading Wednesday, July 10, 2024

TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1835, two-time Florida Governor William Dunnington Bloxham was born in Leon County. Gov. Bloxham is credited with saving the Florida … Continue reading Tuesday, July 9, 2024

MONDAY, JULY 8, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1951, noted historian William Thomas Cash died. He was the first state librarian and a member of both the Florida … Continue reading Monday, July 8, 2024

THURSDAY, JULY 4, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1924, Conners Highway opened from West Palm Beach to Tampa. It was the first road to cross Florida and is … Continue reading Thursday, July 4, 2024

WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1968, the Florida legislature approved the revised state constitution. It’s been amended more than 100 times since then. On the … Continue reading Wednesday, July 3, 2024

TUESDAY, JULY 2, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1961, author and Key West icon Ernest Hemingway died. His Key West home was built in the 1850s and now operates … Continue reading Tuesday, July 2, 2024

MONDAY, JULY 1, 2024 Good Morning! On this day in 1951, a St. Petersburg woman burned to death in a way that baffled investigators and was thought to be spontaneous … Continue reading Monday, July 1, 2024