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Featured Entry — October 9
October 9 — A Night Attack Brings War to Santa Rosa Island
1861 — Confederate troops attacked a Union camp near Fort Pickens, but the battle did not dislodge the federal garrison.
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October — 9 stories
- October 1 — Walt Disney World Opens in Central Florida
- October 2 — Construction Begins on Castillo de San Marcos
- October 3 — Union Forces Take St. Johns Bluff
- October 4 — Sputnik Changes Cape Canaveral's Future
- October 5 — Madison Starke Perry Takes Office as Florida Approaches a Crossroads
- October 6 — Florida Asks Which Thanksgiving Belongs on the Calendar
- October 7 — A Royal Proclamation Creates East and West Florida
- October 8 — Mary Lee Graham Opens a Door in Key West's Business Leadership
- October 9 — A Night Attack Brings War to Santa Rosa Island
September — 38 stories
- September 1 — The SS Tarpon Sinks in the Gulf, 1937
- September 2 — The Labor Day Hurricane Devastates the Florida Keys, 1935
- September 3 — Roosevelt Backs the Cross-Florida Ship Canal, 1935
- September 4 — The Labor Day Hurricane Strikes Florida — Again, 1935
- September 5 — Greater Miami Is Created, 1925
- September 6 — Miami Dedicates Its Skyscraper Courthouse, 1928
- September 7 — The Sunshine Skyway Opens Across Tampa Bay, 1954
- September 8 — St. Augustine Is Established, 1565
- September 9 — Big Joe 1 Tests Mercury's Heat Shield, 1959
- September 9 — Hurricane Dora Sends the Beatles to Key West, 1964
- September 9 — The Stono Rebellion and the Road to Freedom in Spanish Florida, 1739
- September 9 — The Great 1919 Florida Keys Hurricane
- September 10 — Jean Ribault Sails from Fort Caroline, 1565
- September 10 — Hurricane Donna Strikes the Florida Keys, 1960
- September 10 — Hurricane Dora Makes Landfall Near St. Augustine, 1964
- September 10 — Hurricane Irma Hits Florida, 2017
- September 11 — President Bush Learns of the Attacks in Sarasota, 2001
- September 11 — The Beatles Play an Integrated Jacksonville Concert, 1964
- September 12 — Gemini XI Launches from Cape Kennedy, 1966
- September 12 — A National Day of Unity and Mourning, 2001
- September 13 — St. Augustine Is Formally Incorporated, 1822
- September 14 — Richard Keith Call Dies at The Grove, 1862
- September 15 — The Kingfisher Destroys a Confederate Saltworks, 1862
- September 16 — The Okeechobee Hurricane Strikes Florida, 1928
- September 17 — Pedro Menéndez de Avilés Dies in Spain, 1574
- September 18 — The Great Miami Hurricane, 1926
- September 19 — Florida Soldiers at Chickamauga, 1863
- September 20 — The Fall of Fort Caroline, 1565
- September 21 — Florida's Missile Coast Takes Aim at the Space Age
- September 22 — The Hurricane That Helped Decide Who Would Control Florida
- September 23 — Washington Takes Another Look at the St. Lucie River
- September 24 — Miami Seaquarium Opens on Biscayne Bay
- September 25 — A Photographer Records Miami After the Great Hurricane
- September 26 — Former Enemies Meet in Marianna to Return a Civil War Battle Flag
- September 27 — The Civil War Comes to Marianna
- September 28 — The Swamp Land Act Reshapes Florida's Future
- September 29 — The 1896 Hurricane Devastates Cedar Keys
- September 30 — Spain's Rum Ban Reaches Colonial Florida
August — 6 stories
- August 27 — Tallahassee Bus Boycott Leaders Arrested, 1956
- August 28 — Menéndez Reaches Florida and Names San Agustín, 1565
- August 29 — Gemini V Returns from Its Record-Setting Mission, 1965
- August 30 — Discovery Begins a Record-Setting Career, 1984
- August 30 — The Land Office Behind Florida's Pioneer Settlement, 1842
- August 31 — A Storm Begins Its March Toward Tragedy, 1935