[FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR NOVEMBER 30

[Nick Wynne]

TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY 
NOVEMBER 30   
1817 Fifty-nine soldiers and settlers were killed or wounded in an attack by
Indians on the Apalachicola River.

1862 Confederate General Joseph J. Finegan reported that the districts of East
and Middle Florida had 2,160 men under his command to provide for the defense
of the state.  

1863 The Florida Legislature today designated December 24 as a day of
“fasting,
humiliation and prayer.”

1904 The City of Dania was incorporated today.

1925 The City of Miami received a record 14.1 inches of rain during a 12 hour
period today.

1982 Today, eleven of twelve of Florida’s African-American legislators
organized the state’s first “Black Caucus.”  Senator Carrie Meek of Miami was
elected chairperson, and representative John Thomas of Jacksonville was
elected
vice chairperson.