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Friday, June 18, 2010

Today In Florida ...

"The first rule of hurricane coverage is that every broadcast must begin with palm trees bending in the wind. "
Carl Hiaasen

  • 1919 Florida’s first Kiwanis Club was organized in Tampa today.
  • 1983 Dr. Sally Ride became the first American woman in space today when she rode the space shuttle into orbit.
  • 1990 James Edward Pough gunned down eight people in a Jacksonville loan office today.

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