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** In Florida, the Liberian freighter Summit Venture hits the Sunshine Skyway Bridge over Tampa Bay.
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** and Florida
** C. v. virginianus ( Linnaeus, 1758 )-nominate-Atlantic coast from Virginia to northern Florida and southeast Alabama
** 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 ).
** 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.
** 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.
** 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.
** and Liberian
** M / V Braer, a Liberian oil tanker, runs aground off the Scottish island of Mainland, causing a massive oil spill.
** First Liberian Civil War: Liberian president Samuel Doe is captured by rebel leader Prince Johnson and killed in a filmed execution.
** and freighter
** The-long freighter SS Edmund Fitzgerald sinks during a storm from the entrance to Whitefish Bay on Lake Superior, killing all 29 crew on board ( an event immortalized in song by Gordon Lightfoot ).
** Collier, oiler, icebreaker, freighter, repair ship, self-propelled target ship, munition ship — cape, point, strait, channel, bay, port
** and Summit
** The first Geneva Summit meeting between the United States, the Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and France begins.
** Sierra Nevada Southern Route: U. S. Route 50 westward around Lake Tahoe and over Echo Summit and the Sierra Nevada to Sacramento.
** after Winterbutlee Tunnel follows Summit Tunnel, at 2885 yd ( 2597 m ) the longest on the L & YR lines
** 5 high-speed quad chair lifts, Summit Express, Montezuma Express, Peru Express, Santiago Express, Outback Express
1.988 seconds.