[Fhstoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 13

[Nick Wynne]

Addendum for November 12:  

1995 The shuttle Atlantis was launched from Cape Canaveral today with supplies
for the Russian Mir space station.  On board were Kenneth Cameron, James
Halsell, Chris Hadfield, Jerry Ross and William McArthur.


TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY 
NOVEMBER 13   
     
1785 Governor Patrick Tonyn and the British occupants of East Florida evacuate
St. Augustine and full control is returned to the Spanish.

1821 Today Andrew Jackson submitted his resignation as governor of Florida to
President James Monroe.  Monroe officially accepted the resignation on
December
31.

1862 Negro troops of the Union army stationed at Fernandina are reported to be
cruising along the east coast of Florida looking for and destroying salt
works.

1876 The twenty-third governor of Florida (January 4, 1921-January 6, 1925),
Cary Augustus Hardee, was born today in Taylor County.  Educated in the public
schools, Hardee was a school teacher until 1900, when he was admitted to the
state bar and began his legal practice in Live Oak.  From 1905 until 1913, he
served as the State’s Attorney.  In 1915 and 1917, Hardee served as the
Speaker
of the Florida House of Representatives.  
 Hardee’s administration oversaw reapportionment of the Florida Legislature,
the amendment of the state constitution to prohibit income taxes and
inheritance taxes, and the abolition of “convict leasing” to private
corporations and individuals.  
 After his term as governor, Hardee became a banker in Live Oak.  In 1932, he
sought the Democratic nomination for governor, but was defeated. 
 Cary Augustus Hardee died in Live Oak on November 21, 1957.

1915 Florida’s first F.W. Woolworth store opened today in Tampa.

1934 Today was the first day of dawn-to-dusk air passenger service between
Miami and New York inaugurated by Eastern Air Lines.  The introduction of DC-2
aircraft eliminated the need for an overnight stay in Jacksonville.