On this day in the Sunshine State …

1832 Today was the opening day of the first annual race meeting at the Tallahassee Jockey Club.  A $300 purse was the top prize in the three-mile heat.

1837 Colonel Zachary Taylor led a force of 1,000 men against the warring Seminoles in southern Florida.

1971 The nine-year strike against the Florida East Coast Railroad, which started on January 23, 1963, was settled in Federal court today.  The strike was over pay and work rules.  Workers received a 37% pay raise, and the Unions representing them received $1.5 million in damages.