[Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 11

[Nick Wynne]

TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY 
NOVEMBER 11   
     
TODAY IS ARMISTICE DAY! 
ON THIS DAY AT 11:00 P.M., WORLD WAR I CAME TO AN END.  FLORIDIANS JOINED THE
REST OF THE WORLD IN CELEBRATING THE END OF THIS WAR!

1861 Thomas E. Will, the pioneer developer of the Everglades and South
Florida,
was born today in Illinois. 
 In other news, it was reported that the Union navy now had nine ships
blockading the Gulf Coast off the mouth of the Apalachicola River.

1862 The U.S.S. Kensington  captured the Confederate schooner, Course, off the
coast of Florida today.  

1904 Gainesville defeated the Ocala High School football team in its first
game
by the decisive score of 67-0.

1920 The City of Altamonte Springs was incorporated today.  

1966 The Gemini 12 space vehicle was launched today from Cape Canaveral.

1982 The space shuttle, Columbia (STS-5), was launched today from Cape
Canaveral
as America’s shuttle program began to move into high gear.  The shuttle
crew--Vance Brand, Robert Overmyer, Joseph Allen and William Lenoir--launched
two satellites from the cargo bay.