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Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) defeated World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Sonny Liston in Miami Beach on this date in 1964. The fight was one of the most anticipated, watched, and controversial matches of all time. This first of two meetings between the two heavyweights was held Read More …
The 241-foot steel-hulled schooner, “Prinz Valdemar,” capsized inside the Miami ship channel on this date in 1926, blocking larger vessels from entering and exiting the port for over a month. The ship proved difficult to right due to her large masts. City officials began digging Read More …
Today in 1963 The Florida Supreme Court responded, in a 5-2 decision in the Green v. American Tobacco Company suit, with the opinion that cigarette companies are not liable for the deaths of cigarette consumers. However they did argue, for the first time, that cigarettes Read More …
The Tamiami Trail (U.S. 41), linking Miami and Naples through the , officially opened to travelers on this date in 1928. Construction on the east-west section of the road lasted for twelve years. Once it was completed, cars could travel directly between Naples and Miami Read More …
The Collins Bridge, the first bridge connecting Miami Beach with Miami, opened on this date in 1913. It was built by early south Florida land developer, John S. Collins, and partially financed by Carl G. Fisher. At the time of completion it was the longest Read More …
Henry Morrison Flagler, founder of the Standard Oil Company and the Florida East Coast Railroad and Hotel Company, died at his home in West Palm Beach at the age of eighty-three on this date in 1913. Flagler facilitated and greatly accelerated the development of Florida Read More …
The first train of Henry Flagler’s Florida East Coast Railroad arrived in Miami on this date in 1896. A year earlier, Henry Flagler and Julia Tuttle, Miami’s founder, had reached a deal which would eventually grant Flagler half of Mrs. Tuttle’s land north of the Read More …
The newly formed Florida Marlins professional baseball team won their first-ever regular season game on this date in 1993. The Marlins faced the Los Angeles Dodgers and won the game 6-3, with Charlie Hough as their starting pitcher. After a rough first few seasons, the Read More …