Sept. 8 (UPI) -- On this date in history:
In 1565, the Spanish founded the first continuously inhabited European settlement in what is now the continental United States on the site of the present St. Augustine, Fla.
In 1900, more than 6,000 people were killed when a hurricane and tidal wave struck Galveston, Texas.
A Texas historical marker remembering the efforts of American Red Cross Founder Clara Barton after a hurricane hit Galveston, Texas, in 1900 stands on the beach as large waves mark the arrival of Hurricane Ike in September 2008. File Photo by Aaron M. Sprecher/UPI
In 1935, an assassin shot U.S. Sen. Huey P. Long at the Capitol in Baton Rouge, La. Long died two days later. His close friend, James O'Conner, Louisiana public service commission, recounted to United Press how the senator collapsed in his arms after the shooting.
