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FLORIDA HISTORY December 28, 1835 Resisting relocation to a reservation, Florida Seminole warriors attacked 107 U.S. Army soldiers under the command of Major Francis Dade in a pine forest near present-day Bushnell, Florida. Only three soldiers survived. Known as the Dade Massacre, the event sparked the Second Seminole War.
December 14, 1947 The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing (NASCAR) was founded in Daytona Beach, Florida.
November 11, 1953 Reputed Tampa gangster Joe Antinori was gunned down at the Boston Bar on Columbus Drive in Tampa. Antinori was the son of mafia boss Ignacio Antinori, as well as a convicted drug trafficker. He was shot twice in the chest and twice in the head. The murder remains unsolved.
December 4, 1954 The first Burger King is opened in Miami, Florida.
November 27, 1971 A hijacked TWA flight lands at Tampa International Airport to refuel before continuing on to Jose Marti Airport in Havana. Hijackers Michael Finney, Ralph Goodwin and Charlie Hill, all in their early 20s, boarded the plane in Albuquerque.
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