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1998 Singers Bobby Brown found guiilty of DWI in Ft. Lauderdale Fla

1997 SWAT team shoots John E Armstrong in Fla, freeing 2 young hostages

1992 Sharon Belden, of Fla, 25, crowned Miss World USA

1991 1st scheduled NHL exhibition game in St. Petersburg Fla, is cancelled due to poor ice conditions (New York Islanders vs Boston Bruins)

1990 1st Solheim Cup: U.S. beats Europe 11 -4 at Lake Nona CC FLA

1988 Chicago agrees to build a new stadium so White Sox won't move to Fla

1984 Triangle Oil Corp, above-ground storage tank at Jacksonville Fla, spills 2.5 m gallons of oil burned after lightning sparked a fire

1983 25th Ryder Cup: U.S., 14 -13 at PGA National GC (Fla)

1976 Sonya Jeyaseelan, born in Newestminster BC, tennis star, 1995 Futures Fla

1975 Fire in prison hospital kills 10 prisoners and 1 guard (Sanford Fla)

1972 Republican convention (Miami Beach, Fla) renominates VP Agnew but not unanimous-1 vote went to NBC newsman David Brinkley)

1970 Susan Veasey, Wilmington, Delaware, LPGA golfer, University of S Fla

1969 Janis Joplin, accused of vulgar and indicent language in Tampa, Fla

1967 Andrew Dunkley, Kent England, golfer, 1991-93 Co-Captain University of W Fla

1963 Dante Bichette, W Palm Beach FLA, outfielder for the Colorado Rockies

1937 John Davison Rockfeller, industrialist, dies at 97 in Ormond Beach Fla

1936 1st photo finish camera installed at Hialeah Race track in Hialeah Fla

1912 1st eastbound U.S. transcontinental flight lands in Jacksonville, Fla

1861 1st naval battle of Civil War, Union frigate "Colorado" sinks privateer "Judah" off Pensacola, Fla

1861 Confederate constitutional convention meets for 1st time, Montgomery, Alabama, Ga, Fla, La, Miss and South Carolina elect Jefferson Davis President of Confederacy

1565 Oldest city in the U.S., St. Augustine Fla, established

1559 Spanish explorer de Luna lands in Pensacola Bay,Fla



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