On This Day for June 8 - Michelangelo's David installed in Florence, Frank Lloyd Wright is featured, and more ~ Historian Fact

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On This Day for June 8 - Michelangelo's David installed in Florence, Frank Lloyd Wright is featured, and more

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June 08

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Frank Lloyd Wright

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Michelangelo's David installed in Florence

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