** C. v. floridanus ( Coues, 1872 )-Florida Bobwhite-peninsular Florida

** C. v. virginianus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )-nominate-Atlantic coast from Virginia to northern Florida and southeast Alabama

** Cortez, Florida, a census-designated place

** Universal Studios Florida

** In the southeast of the state, South Florida, consisting of the anchor cities of Miami, Fort Lauderdale, and West Palm Beach.

** Snow falls in Miami, Florida ( despite its ordinarily tropical climate ) for the only time in its history.

** John Fairfax lands in Hollywood Beach, Florida near Miami and becomes the first person to row across an ocean solo, after 180 days spent at sea on board 25 ' ocean rowboat ' Britannia ' ( left Gran Canaria on January 20, 1969 ).

** Florida drafts its constitution in Tallahassee.

** John Milton, Governor of Florida ( b. 1807 )

** Ralph Haben, American politician, former Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives

** In Florida, the Liberian freighter Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay.

** A Tampa, Florida court acquits 4 white police officers of killing Arthur McDuffie, a black insurance executive, provoking 3 days of race riots in Miami.

** Hurricane Opal makes landfall at Pensacola Beach, Florida as a Category 3 hurricane with winds.

** Busch Gardens in Tampa, Florida opens.

** Explorer program: The United States launches Explorer 6 from the Atlantic Missile Range in Cape Canaveral, Florida.

** U. S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes the use of $ 1. 0 million for the relief and resettlement of Cuban refugees, who had been arriving in Florida at the rate of about 1, 000 per week.

** A large carcass, later postulated to be the remains of a gigantic octopus, is found washed ashore near St. Augustine, Florida.

** A Miami, Florida jury convicts former Panamanian ruler Manuel Noriega of assisting Colombia's cocaine cartel.

** In Miami, Florida, former Panamanian leader Manuel Noriega is sentenced to 40 years in prison for drug and racketeering violations.

** William Kennedy Smith, a nephew of U. S. Senator Edward Kennedy, is identified as a suspect in an alleged Palm Beach, Florida sexual assault.

** STS-37: Space Shuttle Atlantis is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

** Florida International University is founded in Miami, FL.

** Skylab program: NASA launches Skylab 4 ( Gerald Carr, William Pogue, Edward Gibson ) from Cape Canaveral, Florida on an 84-day mission.

** Watergate scandal: In Orlando, Florida, U. S. President Richard Nixon tells 400 Associated Press managing editors " I am not a crook.

** Serial killer Ted Bundy is captured in Pensacola, Florida.

** Second Court of Appeals of Texas

** Second son: Prince Okinobu ( 興信法親王 ) ( Buddhist Priest )

** Second son: Imperial Prince Ohito ( 緒仁親王 ) ( Emperor Go-En ' yū )

** Second daughter: Imperial Princess Kenshi ( 見子内親王 )

** Second son: Imperial Prince Dōchō ( 道朝法親王 )

** Second Intermediate Period: ca.

** In a 2011 episode of Misfits, an alternate reality where Germany won the Second World War, depicts Britain and the gang under the rule of the Nazi occupation force.

** The Second Battle of Trenton

** The third period of the Second Vatican Council opens.

** Second Vatican Council: The third period of the Catholic Church's ecumenical council closes.

** The Second Congo War starts in 1998 in central Africa and includes 50 different cultures and 7 different nations.

** The Second Chechen War ( 1999 – ongoing ) – the war was launched by the Russian Federation starting 26 August 1999, in response to the Invasion of Dagestan and the Russian apartment bombings which were blamed on the Chechens.

** Second Red Scare: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.

** The Reichstag passes a statement stating that Hitler, s second-in-command Reichsmarshall Hermann Göring should be appointed as Hitler, s succesor as Führer should Hitler die in the middle of the Second World War. Rudolf Hess is to be appointed in Göring, s place should anything befall Göring.

** President José P. Laurel issues an Executive Proclamation putting an end to the Second Philippine Republic, thus putting an end to his term as President of the Philippines.

** The second period of the Second Vatican Council in Rome opens.

** Second Boer War: The British House of Commons ' vote of censure over the British government's handling of the war is defeated.

** Second Boer War: British military leaders accept the unconditional notice of surrender from Boer General Piet Cronje.

** Second Boer War: The British Army relieves the Siege of Mafeking.

** A referendum in Greece favors the formation of the Second Hellenic Republic.

** WWII: " Second Great Fire of London " – Luftwaffe carries out a massive incendiary bombing raid, starting 1, 500 fires.

** The first period of the Second Vatican Council closes.

** The Second Republic of Poland adopts the March Constitution.

** Second ODECA charter, signed on 12 December 1962, effective.

** The Second Vatican Council closes.