On this date1840 sixteen enlisted men, under the command of Sergeant C. O. Williams, were attacked by Indians on the Wekiva River, Florida.

In 1928 Stuart Bank and Trust Company failed to open its doors, a victim of the “bust” and the failure of the Bankers Trust of Atlanta, its primary fiscal agents.

In 1931 City of Miami Shores was re-named the City of North Miami.

In 1951 Bumper 8, a captured German V-2 rocket mated with a United States Army WAC Corporal rocket, was launched from Cape Canaveral, thus inaugurating the Space Program at what would become the Free World’s largest testing ground for space exploration.

In 1956 Honeywell Aerospace, a major Florida technology company, was founded in St. Petersburg.