2006 Event Alaska's Augustine volcano erupts 1995 Death Thomas Augustine Martin, academic, dies at 59 1966 Event Tippetts cantate "Vision of St. Augustine," premieres in London 1964 Event Blacks and Whites riot over racial segregation in St. Augustine 1953 Birthday Margaret L. Augustine, born in Buffalo, New York, project manager, Biosphere 2 1941 Birthday Chris Augustine, rocker, Every Mother's Son 1935 Birthday Thomas Augustine Martin, academic 1935 Birthday Norman Ralph Augustine, American businessman and Under Secretary of the Army 1975 - 1977 1933 Death Augustine Birrell, English Author 1926 Event Lithuanian military state under General Augustine Woldemaras 1916 Birthday Robert [Augustine] W[ard] Lowndes, U.S., sci-fi author, Puzzle Planet 1900 Death James Augustine Healy, black Roman Catholic bishop, dies at 80 1884 Death Gregor Mendel, Augustine monk/heredity pioneer, dies at 61 1875 Event James Augustine Healey became 1st Black Catholic Bishop in US 1861 Event Battle of St. Augustine Springs, New Mexico Terr 1861 Event St. Augustine Florida surrenders to Union armies 1861 Event Florida troops takeover Ft. Marion at St. Augustine 1850 Birthday Augustine Birrell, English Author 1830 Birthday James Augustine Healy, born in Macon, Georgia, 1st black Roman Catholic bishop 1710 Birthday Thomas Augustine Arne, English composer, Alfred, Rule Britannia 1702 Event English troops plunder St. Augustine, Florida 1646 Death John C Lichthart, Admiral (Cape Augustine), dies at about 45 1566 Event St. Augustine, Florida founded 1565 Event 1st permanent settlement in U.S. forms (St. Augustine, Florida) 1565 Event Oldest city in the U.S., St. Augustine Fla, established 1524 Death Henry van Zutphen, Dutch Augustine/Luthern minister, burned to death 1519 Birthday Pedro Menendez de Aviles, explorer, found St. Augustine Florida 1479 Death Johannes a San Facundo, Spanish Augustine saint, dies 1340 Death Henry Henricus of Friemar, Augustine philosopher, dies 430 Death Saint Augustine, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians, dies at age 75 354 Birthday [Christian] Aurelius Augustine, bp of Hippo in Roman Africa 354 Birthday Saint Augustine, born in Souk Ahras, Algeria, saint and Doctor of the Church, patron saint of brweers, printers, and theologians