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Destruction in Lakes by the Bay near Miami following Hurricane Andrew. Hurricane Andrew in August 1992 struck Homestead, just south of Miami, as a Category 5 hurricane, leaving forty people dead, 100,000 homes damaged or destroyed, more than a million people left without electricity, and damages of $20–30 billion. Much of South Florida's ...
The French Revolution (French: Révolution française [ʁevɔlysjɔ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛːz]) was a period of political and societal change in France that began with the Estates General of 1789, and ended with the coup of 18 Brumaire in November 1799 and the formation of the French Consulate.
August 5–8: 1968 Republican National Convention is held in Miami Beach. August 7–8: 1968 Miami riot. November 5: Florida ratifies a new constitution. 1969 July 16: Apollo 11 is launched from Kennedy Space Center, landing the first humans on the Moon 4 days later.
1912 – Airport established near Miami. [1] 1913 Bridge to Miami Beach constructed. [1] Lyric Theater opens. 1914 – Construction of Vizcaya begins. 1915 Miami Chamber of Commerce established. [8] Town of Miami Beach incorporated near Miami. 1916 – David Fairchild establishes The Kampong, his winter home in Coconut Grove. 1917 – Elser ...
Fort Caroline was an attempted French colonial settlement in Florida, located on the banks of the St. Johns River in present-day Duval County.It was established under the leadership of René Goulaine de Laudonnière on 22 June 1564, following King Charles IX's enlisting of Jean Ribault and his Huguenot settlers to stake a claim in French Florida ahead of Spain.
French Florida in 1562, by N. Bellin, 18th century. French Florida (Renaissance French: Floride françoise; modern French: Floride française) was a colonial territory established by French Huguenot colonists as part of New France in what is now Florida and South Carolina between 1562 and 1565.
South Florida: The only official clothing-optional beach in South Florida is the northern stretch of Haulover, between Bal Harbour and Sunny Isles Beach in Northeast Miami-Dade. The beach was ...
After the Great Freeze of 1894, the crops of the Miami area were the only ones in Florida that survived. Julia Tuttle, a local landowner, convinced Henry Flagler, a railroad tycoon, to expand his Florida East Coast Railway to Miami. On July 28, 1896, Miami was officially incorporated as a city with a population of just over 300. [6]