[FHStoday] TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY FOR DECEMBER 22

[Nick Wynne]

TODAY IN FLORIDA HISTORY
DECEMBER 22
1862            The U.S.S. Huntsville, under the command of Acting 
Lieutenant W. C. Rogers, seized the Confederat schooner, Courier, off the 
Tortugas today.  The Courier was carrying a cargo of salt, coffee, sugar 
and dry goods.

1888            The City of Melbourne was incorporated today as the 
"Village of Melbourne."

1890            The City of Dunnellon was incorporated today.

1943            Nazi prisoners-of-war rioted at Camp Blanding near 
Jacksonville today.  Pro-Nazi prisoners who had been captured during the 
North African campaign against the Afrika Corps attacked prisoners who were 
not ardent Nazis.  This followed an earlier riot in November.  U.S. Army 
guards broke up the riot. Pro-Nazi prisoners were identified and dispersed 
to other holding facilities around the nation.

1958            The Florida Institute of Technology was founded today (as 
Brevard Engineering College).  For more information about the creation of 
this institution of higher education, consult Professor Gordon 
Patterson's  The Florida Institute of Technology, by Arcadia Press 
(available at The Print Shoppe [321] 690-1971).