Various American Indian tribes have inhabited Florida for at least 14,000 years. In 1513,
Spanish explorer
Juan Ponce de León became the first known European to make landfall, calling the region La Florida (land of flowers) (
[la floˈɾiða]). Florida subsequently became the first area in the continental U.S. to be permanently settled by Europeans, with the settlement of
St. Augustine, founded in 1565, being the oldest continuously inhabited city. Florida was a Spanish territory frequently attacked and coveted by
Great Britain before Spain
ceded it to the U.S. in 1819 in exchange for resolving the border dispute along the
Sabine River in
Spanish Texas. Florida was admitted as the
27th state on March 3, 1845, and was the principal location of the
Seminole Wars (1816–1858), the longest and most extensive of the
American Indian Wars. The state seceded from
the Union on January 10, 1861, becoming one of the seven original
Confederate States, and was readmitted to the Union after the
Civil War on June 25, 1868.
The university is
classified among the Carnegie "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity" institutions. FIU has 11
colleges and more than 40 centers, facilities, labs, and institutes that offer more than 200 programs of study. It has an annual budget of over $1.7 billion and an annual economic impact of over $5 billion. The university is
accredited by the
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS). (Full article...)
... that scientists are studying an underwater sinkhole off the Florida coast named the Green Banana Hole?
... that the BK inequality was used to identify implausibly lucky
Florida Lottery winners, whose involvement in illegal activities was later confirmed by investigations?
Florida is a place of unparalleled diversity of backgrounds, experiences and vision. It makes our culture unique, but it can also make it difficult to define a common identity and create a sense of community that reaches beyond our neighborhoods to all corners of our state
Image 2Snow is very uncommon in Florida, but has occurred in every major Florida city at least once; snow does fall very occasionally in North Florida (from Geography of Florida)
Image 6A 1527 map by
Vesconte Maggiolo showing the east coast of North America with "Tera Florida" at the top and "Lavoradore" at the bottom. (from History of Florida)
Image 14Juan Ponce de León was one of the first Europeans to set foot in the current United States; he led the first European expedition to Florida, which he named. (from History of Florida)
Image 15Soldiers and crowds in
Downtown Miami 20 minutes after Japan's surrender ending World War II (1945). (from History of Florida)
A
Russian warship and a nuclear-powered submarine conduct military drills in the
Caribbean sea simulating a missile strike on enemy ships after passing near the coast of
Florida in order to reach
Havana,
Cuba.
(AP)
A man in
Hudson,
Florida, United States fatally shoots a family of four with a
9 mm gun before burning their bodies in a fire pit. The perpetrator was identified as 25-year-old Rory John Graeme Atwood.
(WTSP)
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