[FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 21

[Nick Wynne]

TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY 
NOVEMBER 21   
1828 The City of Quincy was incorporated today.

1829 The City of Webbville was incorporated.

1863 Confederate forces were readying themselves for an attack on the Union
forces at Pensacola, which were under the command of General Alexander Asboth.

1864 The Florida Legislature began its 13th session in Tallahassee today.  The
State Treasurer reported that there was $1,106,622.07 treasury notes in
circulation and that the State had an outstanding bond debt of $370,617.

1925 The first Winn-Dixie Stores were opened by the Davis family in Miami. 
This chain of retail grocery stores was first called, “Table Supply.”

1946 President Harry S. Truman took a ride in a captured German U-boat during
American Navy maneuvers off the coast of Key West, thus becoming the first
American president to ride in a submarine while in office.

1957 Cary Augustus Hardee, the 23rd governor of Florida, died today in Live
Oak.  [For more information, see the entry for November 13.]

1969 The first Birtish radio satellite was launched into orbit by a U.S.
rocket
today from Cape Canaveral.

1985 Hurricane Kate, a Category 2 storm, struck the Florida Panhandle near
Port
St. Joe.  The storm inflicted an estimated $300 million in damages.