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