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- TB Times: St. Augustine coming to grips with civil rights history
- Strawberry Festival organizers collecting material for new history book
- Tarpon Springs' Greektown added to National Register as Traditional Cultural Property
- Volunteers begin cleanup of historic Ocala cemetery
- Jax museum presents 'Megalodon,' biggest-ever shark
- Proposed museum switch generates anger in St. Pete
- Report: Ocala's original cemetery lying in ruins
- Rock and Roll Hall of Fame seeking camera-wielding Elvis fans
- Service of Florida Jews in World War II focus of new WLRN doc
- Seventeen honored for Big Bend preservation efforts
- Long dresses, long pants, no shorts: Life before AC was uncool
- Sunken shipwrecks are being turned into "parks" off Florida coast
- Run-down Dunedin hotel to be rebuilt in same architectural style
- Painting at Ringling Museum leads scholar to discover slavery roots of Spanish painter Juan de Pareja
- Hampton Inn in downtown Bradenton gets state historic preservation award
- Civil War re-enactment draws criticism in Holly Hill
- New documentary spotlights Anna Maria Historic Green Village
- Tampa-area NAACP launching effort to save historic rooming house
- Ride on "America's Movie Train" this weekend in Ocoee, Winter Garden
- Tampa's historic Kress building set for reimagination
- 67-year-old shipwreck off Florida identified
- Florida History Today - Project studies South Florida native communites
- Florida History Today - Tarpon Springs halts Sponge Docks upgrades
- Florida History Today - Compromise reached on Tequesta circles preservation
- Florida History Today - Sears homes remembered in Sanibel
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On this day in Florida history - August
- Aug. 15, 1887 - Eatonville becomes one of first all-black towns in U.S.
- Aug. 13, 2004 - Hurricane Charley kicks off unusually active 'cane year
- Aug. 12, 1981 - Developed in Boca Raton, first PC released by IBM
- Aug. 11, 1987 - Santeria church vows to sacrifice animals despite Hialeah ban
- Aug. 10, 1981 - Tragic discovery confirms death of missing Adam Walsh, 6
- Aug. 9, 1956 - Reporters look down noses covering Elvis in Daytona Beach
- Aug. 8, 1896 - Cross Creek, Yearling author Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings born
- Aug. 6, 1868 - Great Seal of the State of Florida adopted by Legislature
- Aug. 5, 1763 - Britain takes over Pensacola, expands slavery over two-decade Fla. rule
- Aug. 4, 1842: U.S. gives free Florida land to settlers willing to fight Seminoles
- Aug. 1, 1939 - Florida Highway Patrol formed; to begin with 60 troopers
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On this day in Florida history - July
- July 31, 1962 - Actor, tax evader Wesley Snipes born in Orlando
- July 30, 1956: Delta Burke, star of tabloids and television, born in Orlando
- July 28, 1896: With railroad into town, city of Miami incorporated
- July 27, 1816: U.S. forces obliterate 300+ free blacks, Indians at 'Fort Negro'
- July 26, 1876 - Daytona incorporated, named after founder Matthias Day
- July 25, 1884 - St. Petersburg Times debuts as West Hillsborough Times
- July 25, 1957 - Country star, actress Pam Tillis born in Plant City
- July 23, 1836 - Cape Florida Lighthouse attacked by Seminoles
- July 22, 1964 - First 536 home lots sold in new city of Coral Springs
- July 21, 1821 - St. Johns and Escambia become first two Florida counties
- July 20, 1969 - U.S. astronauts walk on the moon
- July 19, 1952 - Skynyrd guitarist Allen Collins is born; stardom and tragedy await
- July 18, 1940 - Winners of St. Pete mayor's safety slogan contest announced
- July 17, 1821 - Spain officially transfers Florida to United States
- July 16, 1943 - Former 'Canes, Dolphins, Cowboys coach Jimmy Johnson born
- July 15, 1997 - Killer gigolo guns down Gianni Versace at South Beach mansion
- July 14, 1921 - Florida's most famous 'cracker cowboy' dies at 58
- July 13, 1927: Officials dump $250k in liquor into Gulf Stream
- July 10, 1972 - First of two major party conventions opens in Miami Beach
- July 9, 1957 - Pass-a-Grille and three other towns form St. Pete Beach
- July 8, 2011 - Last space shuttle launched from Cape Canaveral
- July 7, 1983 - 'Operation Everglades' drug bust rocks Everglades City
- July 6, 2003 - 'Hillbillies' star Buddy Ebsen, raised in Orlando, dies at 95
- July 5, 1928 - Elks begin arriving for 1st Florida national convention
- July 4: Florida celebrates America's Independence Day
- July 3, 1971 - Doors singer, Melbourne native Jim Morrison dies
- July 2, 1961: Key West icon Ernest Hemingway dies; cats live on
- July 1, 1951: St. Pete woman's burning death baffles investigators
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On this day in Florida history - June
- June 1, 1937 - Amelia Earhart leaves Miami to begin final voyage
- June 2, 2008 - Bo Diddley, 79, dies at his home in Archer
- June 3, 1961 - Arrest made in case that leads to 'right to an attorney'
- June 4, 1939 - Jewish refugee ship turned away from Florida coast
- June 5, 2013 - Zephyrhills woman, 84, claims $590 million Powerball jackpot
- June 6, 1990 - Broward Judge rules 2 Live Crew album 'obscene'
- June 7, 1928 - Two elections workers shot in Tampa ballot box heist
- June 8, 1888 - First train rolls into terminus "St. Petersburg"
- June 9, 1903 - Flagler's Breakers Hotel burns down in Palm Beach
- June 10, 1991 - South Florida learns it will get new major league baseball team
- June 11, 1953 - Sabal Palmetto palm becomes Florida's state tree
- June 12, 1913: With first bridge, Miami Beach is open for business
- June 13, 1974 - Askew appoints first female Cabinet member
- June 14, 1966 - FSL's Miami and St. Pete set record for longest baseball game
- June 15, 1822: City of Jacksonville founded, named after Andrew Jackson
- June 16, 1955 - Judge Chillingworth and wife go missing
- June 17. 1942 - German U-boat saboteurs land at Ponte Vedra Beach
- June 18, 1983 - Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space
- June 19, 1972 - Hurricane Agnes makes landfall in Panhandle
- June 20, 2003 - Non-profit Wikipedia established in St. Petersburg
- June 21, 1926 - Miami barbers don't want to be called 'chirotonsors'
- June 22, 1990 - Florida bans thong bikinis in state parks
- June 23, 1938 - Marine Studios, 'world's first oceanarium,' opens
- June 24, 1987 - S. Fla's most famous resident, Jackie Gleason, dies at 71
- June 25, 1981 - Dolphins QB Bob Griese retires after 14 seasons
- June 26, 1964 - Governor orders extra police to riot-torn St. Augustine
- June 27, 1964 - State tells Daytona: Stop price-gouging your tourists
- June 28, 1911 - Big Cypress Indian Reservation created by President Taft
- June 29, 1931 - Monticello hits 109 degrees -- hottest-ever for Florida
- June 30, 1975 - Cher marries Daytona Beach's favorite son Gregg Allman
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On this day in Florida history - May
- May 1, 1562 - Jean Ribault arrives at St. Johns River, claims Florida for France
- May 2, 1936 - Panama City Beach incorporated in Bay County
- May 3, 1901 - Jacksonville burns to the ground
- May 4, 1990 - Execution goes awry as flames, smoke shoot from head
- May 5, 1961 - Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
- May 6, 1965 - Rolling Stones play Clearwater, write 'Satisfaction' riff
- May 7, 1940 - Voting machine shortages create long wait at polls
- May 8, 1923 - Killings of work camp prisoners detailed in hearing
- May 9, 1981 - Sinkhole swallows house, five Porsches in Winter Park
- May 10, 1781 - Spanish Gen. Bernardo de Gálvez captures Pensacola
- May 11, 1996 - ValuJet Flight 592 crashes into Everglades
- May 12, 1997 - Tornado hits Miami, poses for photos, videos
- May 13, 1955 - Jax fans chase Elvis after show, tear off his clothes
- May 14, 1973 - Skylab launches new era of space study...and toys
- May 15, 1947 - Florida State College for Women goes co-ed, renamed FSU
- May 16, 1929 - Lake City mob lynches grocer after wife shoots chief
- May 17, 1980 - Not guilty verdict triggers three days of rioting in Miami
- May 18, 1955 - Educator Dr. Mary McLeod Bethune dies
- May 19, 2004 - Drugstore chain owner Jack Eckerd dies at 91
- May 20, 1913: Henry Morrison Flagler dies in his home at Palm Beach
- May 21, 1956 - Police close beach after catching black, white teens talking
- May 22, 1931 - Canned rattlesnake goes on sale from Arcadia
- May 23, 1898 - School for Deaf & Blind issues first diplomas
- May 24, 1931 - Writer develops Planet of the Apes storyline for Miami
- May 25, 1961 - JFK challenges nation to land on moon within decade
- May 26, 1845 - Florida holds first statewide election
- May 27, 1965 - Mysterious land deal near Orlando revealed
- May 28, 1935 - Now controversial "Old Folks At Home" becomes state song
- May 29, 1967 - Woman jailed after 25 kids found in station wagon
- May 30, 1989: Claude Pepper dies after 60 years of public service
- May 31, 1539 - DeSoto comes to Florida, changes continent forever
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On this day in Florida history - April
- April 1, 1926 - Air Mail service begins in four Florida cities
- April 2, 1513 - Juan Ponce de Leon lands in Florida
- April 3, 2006 - Gators basketball team win first-ever national title
- April 4, 1933 - NASCAR 2nd generation leader Bill France Jr. is born
- April 5, 1925 - 'Great Miami Tornado' kills 5, destroys 250 homes
- April 6, 1959 - Seminole Tribe votes to support building "Alligator Alley"
- April 7, 1890 - Author, Everglades crusader Marjorie Stoneman Douglas born
- April 8, 1923 - News of "lost" Tamiami trail blazers heats up
- April 9, 1921 - Whites kicked out of West Palm Beach "colored" town
- April 10, 1766 - John Bartram ends journey through Carolinas, Ga., Florida
- April 11, 1986 - FBI shootout in Dade prompts cops' need for more powerful guns
- April 12, 1981 - Space Shuttle launched for first time
- April 13, 1951 - Marion County sheriff killed by forged check suspect
- April 14, 1528 - Bumbling conqueror Pánfilo de Narváez lands near Tampa
- April 15, 1896 - Henry Flagler's railroad arrives in Miami for first time
- April 16, 1915 and 1917 - Aviation takes two steps forward
- April 17, 1961 - U.S. launches failed Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba
- April 18, 1957 - Florida to U.S.: Integration ruling unconstitutional
- April 19, 1930 - First Publix store incorporated in Winter Haven
- April 20, 1967 - Orange Juice becomes official state beverage
- April 21, 1924 - NY's infamous 'Bobbed Haired Bandit' caught in Jax
- April 22, 2000 - Elian Gonzalez seized in raid, returned to Cuba
- April 23, 1982 - Keys secede from Union, create Conch Republic
- April 24, 1965 - Orlando honors hometown astronaut with John Young Day
- April 25, 1966 - Gov. Haydon Burns says his plane trailed by UFO
- April 26, 1920 - Crop shippers seizing ice, creating shortage
- April 27, 1969 - 1,000 students help during FSU admin building fire
- April 28, 1985 - World's tallest sand sculpture built at Treasure Island
- April 29, 1980 - U.S. braces for magnitude of Mariel Boatlift
- April 30, 1915 - Broward County created, named after former governor
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- In Cassadaga, the Seance Room is where they talk to the dead
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