In the Sunshine State on this day in:

1854 James T. Archer assumed the office of Comptroller of Florida today, a position he will hold until replaced by Theodore W. Brevard on January 24, 1855.


1891 The Chokoloskee post office was established today. 


1912 Today residents of Mt. Pleasant in Gadsden County went to sleep with small flakes of snow falling.  When they awoke the next morning, they discovered that a 1/2 inch layer of “white rain” blanketed the ground and trees.


1951 Sixteen year old Hosea Richardson, who weighed 105 pounds, became the first licensed African-American jockey in the State of Florida.


1961 Biscayne College was incorporated today in Miami.