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Explore free Florida History Minis and feature articles about the people, places, roads, forts, landscapes, cattle culture, and communities that shaped the state.

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Today in Florida History · September 12

Two September 12 Stories

1966 — First-Orbit Rendezvous. Pete Conrad and Richard Gordon launched from Florida's Space Coast and docked with an Agena target vehicle only 94 minutes later, proving a technique essential to the Apollo Moon landings.

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2001 — A National Day of Unity and Mourning. One day after the September 11 attacks, Congress honored the victims as Americans began confronting a changed nation.

Read: Unity and Mourning