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1513
Juan Ponce de Leon lands on Florida coast.
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1565
Pedro Menendez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine
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Spanish settlement established in Pensacola
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Creek Indians migrate to Florida
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Florida becomes a U.S. territory.
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Florida's first railroads begin operating
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Florida admitted to the union as the 27th state
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Florida secedes from the union and joins the confederacy
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Mediterranean fruit fly infestation
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More than 1,800 killed in Okeechobee area hurricane
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Space research and rocket testing center opens at Cape Canaveral
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Space shuttle Challenger explodes after launch from Cape Canaveral
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Hurricane Andrew hits southern Florida