[Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 5

[Nick Wynne]

TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY 
NOVEMBER 5   
     
1600 The King of Spain ordered the Governor of Cuba to open an investigation
into the worthiness of St. Augustine as a permanent fortress and city in
Florida.

1823 The United States War Department ordered the establishment of a military
outpost at Tampa Bay.  As a result, construction began on Fort Brooke.

1828 The town of Marianna was incorporated under the provisions established by
the Territorial Legislature.

1863 The U.S.S. Beauregard today seized the British schooner Volante off Cape
Canaveral.  The Volante was carrying a cargo of salt and dry goods.

1894 The City of West Palm Beach was incorporated.

1915 The first successful catapult launch of a piloted aircraft from a ship
was
made today by Lieutenant Commander H. C. Mustin off the deck of the U.S.S.
North
Carolina in Pensacola Bay.  Lieutenant Commander Muslin was flying an AB-2
“flying boat.”