1998 Event Singers Bobby Brown found guiilty of DWI in Ft. Lauderdale Fla 1997 Event SWAT team shoots John E Armstrong in Fla, freeing 2 young hostages 1992 Event Sharon Belden, of Fla, 25, crowned Miss World USA 1991 Event 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins) 1990 Event 1st Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 11 -4 at Lake Nona CC FLA 1988 Event Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla 1984 Event Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire 1976 Birthday Sonya Jeyaseelan, born in Newestminster BC, tennis star, 1995 Futures Fla 1975 Event Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners and 1 guard (Sanford Fla) 1970 Birthday Susan Veasey, Wilmington, Delaware, LPGA golfer, University of S Fla 1969 Event Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indicent language in Tampa, Fla 1967 Birthday Andrew Dunkley, Kent England, golfer, 1991-93 Co-Captain University of W Fla 1963 Birthday Dante Bichette, W Palm Beach FLA, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies 1937 Death John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla 1936 Event 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Fla 1912 Event 1st eastbound U.S. transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Fla 1861 Event 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla 1565 Event Oldest city in the U.S., St. Augustine Fla, established 1559 Event Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla
