In the Sunshine State on this day in:


1817 Fifty-nine soldiers and settlers were killed or wounded in an attack by Indians on the Apalachicola River.


1904 The City of Dania was incorporated today.


1925 The City of Miami received a record 14.1 inches of rain during a 12 hour period today. 


1982 Today, eleven of twelve of Florida’s African-American legislators organized the state’s first “Black Caucus.”  Senator Carrie Meek of Miami was elected chairperson, and Representative John Thomas of Jacksonville was elected vice chairperson.