Today in Florida History (Part 2)
Cities in Florida: Fort Lauderdale - Hialeah - Jacksonville - Miami - Orlando, FL - St. Petersburg, FL - Tallahassee - Tampa
Historical Events
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1979-04-22 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf Tournament
1979-08-30 - -Sept 13] Hurricane David, kills 1200 in Florida, Domincana & Dom Rep
1980-01-28 - USCGC Blackthorn (WLB-391) collides with the tanker Capricorn while leaving Tampa Florida and capsizes killing 23 Coast Guard crewmembers.
1980-03-01 - Snow falls in Florida
1980-04-14 - 1st Cubans of the Mariel boatlift sail to Florida
1980-04-20 - Donna White wins LPGA Florida "Lady Citrus" Golf Tournament
1980-05-17 - Major race riot in Miami Florida - 16 killed, 300 injured
1981-04-19 - Beth Daniel wins LPGA Florida Lady Citrus Golf
1982-01-13 - Air Florida 737 took off in a snowstorm, crashes into 14th St Bridge in Washington, DC, & falls into Potomac River, killing 78
1982-10-01 - EPCOT Center opens in Orlando Florida
1985-01-22 - Cold wave damages 90% of Florida's citrus crop
1986-05-25 - 95-year-old woman scores a hole-in-one in Florida
1988-05-03 - 4,200 kg Colombian cocaine in seized at Tarpon Springs Florida
1988-05-19 - Carlos Lehder Rivas, of Colombia's Medellin drug cartel, is convicted in Florida for smuggling more than 3 tons of cocaine into US
1990-06-22 - Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit
1990-07-03 - Members of 2 Live Crew formally charged with obscenity in Florida
1990-08-26 - 2 slain college students found in Gainesville Florida
1990-09-15 - Florida lottery goes over $100,000,000
1990-10-03 - Florida record store owner Charles Freeman is found guilty of obsenity, for selling 2 Live Crew rap records
1990-10-20 - 3 members of 2 Live Crew acquitted on obsenity charges in Florida
1990-12-28 - Blockbuster Bowl 1: Florida State beats Penn State, 24-17
1991-06-10 - South Florida & Denver picked for 1993 NL franchises
1991-07-05 - Lillian Cucuzza wins name Florida baseball team contest (Marlins)
1991-07-26 - Paul Reubens (Pee Wee Herman) is arrested in Florida, for exposing himself at an adult movie theater
1991-08-01 - Actress Hedy Lamarr, 77, arrested for shoplifting in Florida
1992-03-03 - Charges are filed in Florida against NY Mets Darryl Boston, Vince Coleman & Dwight Gooden of rape (dropped in April)
1992-04-09 - Florida drops rape charges against NY Mets Gooden, Boston & Coleman
1992-08-24 - Hurricane Andrew hits South Florida; 35 die
1992-09-20 - Leanza Cornett (Florida), 21, crowned 66th Miss America 1993
1993-11-15 - 13 Cuban refugees land in Florida after stealing a crop-duster in Cuba.
1993-12-11 - 59th Heisman Trophy Award: Charlie Ward, Florida State (QB)
1994-04-20 - Danny Harold Rolling, sentenced to death in Florida, for killing 5
1995-05-28 - Southwestern Florida outside of Tampa begins using new area code 941
1996-03-22 - Cheryl Depew, of Florida, crowned 13th Miss Hawaiian Tropic Intl
1996-06-10 - Stanley Cup: Colo Avalanche sweep Florida Panthers in 4 games
1996-12-14 - 62nd Heisman Trophy Award: Danny Wuerffel, Florida (QB)
1997-05-12 - Susie Maroney, 22, of Australia, is 1st to swim from Cuba to Florida
1997-12-12 - Florida releases Alex Arias, the last original Marlin
1998-02-23 - Tornadoes in Florida kills at least 31
1998-04-22 - Disney's Animal Kingdom opens at Walt Disney World near Orlando, Florida, United States.
1998-05-21 - In Miami, Florida, five abortion clinics are hit by a butyric acid attacker.
1999-07-08 - Allen Lee Davis is executed by electrocution by the state of Florida, the last use of the electric chair for capital punishment in Florida.
2000-04-22 - In a pre-dawn raid, federal agents seize six-year-old Elián González from his relatives' home in Miami, Florida.
2004-08-13 - Hurricane Charley, a Category 4 storm, strikes Punta Gorda, Florida and devastates the surrounding area.
2005-07-10 - Hurricane Dennis slams into the Florida Panhandle causing billions of dollars in damage.
2005-08-29 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $115 billion in damage.
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