On this day in 1821 Andrew Jackson prepared to take possession of Florida for the United States following its purchase from Spain. This was the final day of Spanish control of La Florida and ended Spanish control of territory on the North American continent.
In1926 The first undersea color photographs were taken off the coast of Florida, ushering in a new era of oceanographic research and discovery.
In 1969 Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Ed Aldrin, and Michael Collins were launched from the John F. Kennedy Space Center (Cape Canaveral) aboard Apollo 11. The target of the mission was to land a man on the moon, Apollo 11 was launched from Pad A at 9:32 am (EDT).
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