Florida By baileys Oct 10, 1513 1513 Ponce de Leon landed on the coast of Florida Oct 10, 1565 The Spainish Soilders etsablished the first Spainish settlement at St. Augustine Oct 10, 1566 Pedro Menendez de Aviles the first Europeans to set foot in what is now Miami Oct 10, 1700 the Seminoles enter Florida from Alabama and Georgia Oct 11, 1819 Spain cedes Florida to the United States recogizes Texas as part of New Spain Oct 11, 1822 Joseph Marion Hernandez was th first Latino in the history of the U.S to serve in the Congress Oct 11, 1845 Florida becomes an American state Oct 11, 1931 Regular air service is established between Miami and Havana Oct 11, 1959 Fleeing Castros Revolution, 155,000 Cubans leave their homeland Oct 11, 1985 Miami elects its first Cuban American mayor, Xavier L. Suarez