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The Reagan Era: A History of the 1980s (Columbia University Press, 2015) Schmertz, Eric J. et al. eds. Ronald Reagan's America 2 Volumes (1997) articles by scholars and officeholders; Wilentz, Sean. The Age of Reagan: A History, 1974–2008 (2008) detailed narrative by liberal historian
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1980 July: Racial unrest. [4] Bill Frederick becomes mayor. Population: 128,291 city; 471,016 county. [16] 1981 - Bill McCollum becomes U.S. representative for Florida's 5th congressional district. [22] 1982 Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida established. [20] Epcot theme park in business in nearby Lake Buena Vista.
The seeds of change were planted in Miami Beach in the late 1970s and into the ‘80s. The first two renovated Art Deco hotels, the Cardozo and the Carlyle, reopened in 1978.
John Spenkelink is executed in Florida, in the first use of the electric chair in America after the reintroduction of death penalty in 1976. Six-year-old Etan Patz disappears in New York City. The incident helps spark the missing children's movement.
1943 September 26: Florida's first oil well is drilled in Collier County by Humble Oil Company. [10] 1947: Everglades National Park dedicated. 1949 March 21: The first television station in Florida begins broadcasting, WTVJ. It is the 16th TV station to start broadcasting in the United States and is the oldest station still broadcasting in the ...
ABC’s 1983 film overcame censors, political interference and spooked advertisers to become one of the most-watched TV events of all time. This TV movie from the 1980s helped change the course of ...
November – The unemployment rate drops to 7.2%, the same rate it was when the early 1980s recession started in June 1981. November 2 – Capital punishment: Velma Barfield becomes the first woman executed in the United States since 1965, in Raleigh, North Carolina.