In the Sunshine State on this day in:
1845 James C. Ballard and Adeline Beall were issued the first marriage license in Marion County.
1890 Delegates of the National Farmer’s Alliance, a cooperative economic union of farmers, met in convention at the Ocala House, built by Henry Bradley Plant.
1963 In the immediate aftermath of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy in Dallas, President Lyndon Johnson ordered the name of Cape Canaveral be changed to Cape Kennedy and to also rename the space facility in honor of the slain president.
About Me
- Ric
- Florida, United States
- Bred, raised, educated and life long Floridian, and proud of it. E-mail at one(dot)legged(dot)old(dot)fat(dot)man(at)gmail(dot)com
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