Explorer Juan Ponce de León found Florida and claimed it for Spain.
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The category 5 hurricane Irma began dissipating, but the disaster left millions without electricity in Florida and Georgia.
ValuJet flight 592 crashes into the Florida Everglades shortly after takeoff.
The first weather satellite (ESSA-1) was launched into orbit from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
SpaceX's Crew Dragon Demo-2 launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
NASA launched their spacecraft Saturn IB from Cape Kennedy, Florida, US.
