On this day in the Sunshine State …

1888 The City of Melbourne was incorporated today as the “Village of Melbourne.”

1890 The City of Dunnellon was incorporated today.

1943 Nazi prisoners-of-war rioted at Camp Blanding near Jacksonville today.  Pro-Nazi prisoners who had been captured during the North African campaign against the Afrika Corps attacked prisoners who were not ardent Nazis.  This followed an earlier riot in November.  U.S. Army guards broke up the riot. Pro-Nazi prisoners were identified and dispersed to other holding facilities around the nation.

1958 The Florida Institute of Technology was founded today (as Brevard Engineering College).