Miami citizens began a campaign to label the buildings as " historic ".

The Miami Marlins began play in the 1993 season as the Florida Marlins.

In 1977, a former Miss America contestant and orange juice spokesperson, Anita Bryant, began a campaign " Save Our Children ", in Dade County, Florida ( greater Miami ), which proved to be a major set-back in the Gay Liberation movement.

The series began as a mid-season replacement in spring of 1987, and did well enough to be renewed for the fall television season, but the viewer ratings could not be sustained, due perhaps to direct competition with CBS's Top 20 hit Dallas ( also produced by Lorimar ) and NBC's Top 30 hit Miami Vice.

In 1948 Alan Courtney — New York disk jockey and co-composer of the popular song, " Joltin ' Joe Dimaggio " — began a call-in program for the Storer station in Miami, Florida ( WGBS ) and then on Miami's WQAM, WINZ and WCKR the " Alan Courtney Open Phone Forum " flourished as an avowedly conservative and anti-communist political forum with a coverage area over the Southeastern U. S. and Cuba.

Talks towards the establishment of the Free Trade Area of the Americas began with the Summit of the Americas in Miami on December 11, 1994, but the FTAA came to public attention during the Quebec City Summit of the Americas, held in Canada in 2001, a meeting targeted by massive anti-corporatization and anti-globalization protests.

Later in the year, Earhart began her second, ill-fated attempt with the unpublicized first leg of her proposed transcontinental flight mapped from Oakland to Miami, Florida.

When World War II began, Miami, well-situated due to its location on the southern coast of Florida, played an important role in the battle against German submarines.

Minnelli began as a nightclub singer as an adolescent, making her professional nightclub debut at the age of 19 at the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D. C .. She later appeared in other clubs and on stage in Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Miami and New York City.

Future Pro Football Hall of Fame members defensive end Reggie White of the University of Tennessee and quarterbacks Jim Kelly of the University of Miami and Steve Young of Brigham Young University, began their professional careers with the USFL's Memphis Showboats, Houston Gamblers, and Los Angeles Express, respectively.

Upon Smith's return, Miami posted a winning record in February and March, but it was not enough to dig themselves out of the 13 – 27 hole they began in.

As Arison began remodeling the Miami Heat into a championship-contending organization, the continued improvements of the Heat players garnered major media attention, although the Heat would go on to miss the playoffs for the fifth time in seven years.

Determined to bring a championship to Miami, Riley dropped a bombshell two nights before the season began, sending Glen Rice, Matt Geiger and four other players to the Hornets in exchange for All-Star center Alonzo Mourning.

The series began in Miami, with Hardaway returning to the starting lineup, but it was Mourning's 26 points that took a Game 1 victory.

Miami began to rebuild in 2002 – 03.

This highway began at Fort Kent, Maine and followed the existing Route 24 to Houlton and Route 15 to Bangor, beyond which it generally followed the Atlantic Highway to Miami.

In 1938 Fillmore began an active retirement in Miami, Florida.

This time flying west to east, the second attempt began with an unpublicized flight from Oakland to Miami, Florida, and after arriving there Earhart publicly announced her plans to circumnavigate the globe.

In 1986, the show began to be produced in Miami, Florida, with the same formula used in Chile, with the slightly different name of Sábado Gigante.

Painter grew up in Miami, and began playing trumpet, saxophone, bass, guitar and piano by age 11.

In the 1990s charter flights began operating from Miami and New York City for U. S. residents with special permission from the U. S. government.

He began: " This beautiful and far-famed Miami Valley is the garden spot of the world.

On April 12, 1986 Kreutzberger and the program moved to Miami, Florida where Univision ( formerly SIN ) began producing it.

Nazario began recording the upcoming production on July 30, 2009, in Miami, Nashville and Los Angeles.

Dr. Wilson C. Grant, of the Veterans' Administration Hospital, Coral Gables, Florida, and the University of Miami School of Medicine, set out to discover if avocados, because of their high content of unsaturated fatty acids, would reduce the cholesterol of the blood in selected patients.

and talks on how their Christian faith can guide them in learning about and fighting Communism during high school and college days, by Ted Place, director of Greater Miami Youth for Christ, and Jon Braun, director of Campus Crusade for Christ.

However, in 1991, as part of Major League Baseball's two-team expansion ( they also added the former Florida ( now Miami ) Marlins ), an ownership group representing Denver led by John Antonucci and Michael I. Monus were granted a franchise ; they took the name “ Rockies ” due to Denver's proximity to the Rocky Mountains, which is reflected in their logo.

Since then, a number of other teams have worn their white uniforms at home, including the Washington Redskins and Miami Dolphins.

Most of the time, Dallas will wear their blue jerseys when they visit Washington, Philadelphia ( sometimes ), Miami, or one of the handful of other teams that traditionally wear their white jerseys at home during the first half of the season due to the hot climates in their respective cities or other means.

There are also many smaller film festivals in the United States, such as the Stony Brook Film Festival in Long Island, New York, the Northwest Filmmakers ' Festival, or the Sicilian Film Festival in Miami, Florida, which do not charge entry fees ; however, acceptance of films is usually more limited, and such film festivals do not necessarily attract big names in their audiences like Sundance and Telluride do.

They played home games from their inaugural season to the 2011 season at Sun Life Stadium, which they shared with the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League ( NFL ) and which was also called Joe Robbie Stadium, Pro Player Park, Pro Player Stadium, Dolphin Stadium, Dolphins Stadium, and Land Shark Stadium during their tenancy.

Per agreement with the city and Miami-Dade County ( which owns the park ), the Marlins officially changed their name to the " Miami Marlins " on November 11, 2011.

They selected catcher Charles Johnson of the University of Miami with their first-ever first round draft pick in June 1992.

Former Weismann performers at the reunion include Max and Stella Deems, who lost their radio jobs and became store owners in Miami ; Solange La Fitte, a coquette, who is still vibrant three decades later ; Hattie Walker, who has outlived five younger husbands ; Vincent and Vanessa, former dancers who now own an Arthur Murray franchise ; Heidi Schiller, for whom Franz Lehár once wrote a waltz ( or was it Oscar Straus?

In 1975 Baltimore and Miami tied with 10 – 4 records, yet the Colts advanced to the playoffs based on a head-to-head sweep of their series.

After the loss of Preki to the Miami Fusion, the team struggled to defend their championship in 2001, making the playoffs as the 8th seed with a record of 11 – 13 – 3.

In the early seventeenth century, when western European explorers made their first forays into the region, they encountered descendants of the Late Woodland Indians: the Chippewa, Menominee, Sauk, Fox, Winnebago, Miami, Ottawa, and Potawatomi.

The Dolphins play home games at Sun Life Stadium in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens, and have their headquarters in Davie, Florida.

When Shula replaced Wilson at Miami the Colts charged the Dolphins with tampering in their hiring of Shula, costing the Dolphins their first round draft pick in 1971.

But Shula's hard work paid immediate dividends, as Miami improved to a 10 – 4 record and their first-ever playoff appearance, losing 21 – 14 at Oakland.

The Vikings then advanced to their second Super Bowl in franchise history, Super Bowl VIII, against the Miami Dolphins at Rice Stadium in Houston, Texas.

In 1988 and 1989, four cities got their wishes as the Charlotte Hornets, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic, and Minnesota Timberwolves made their NBA debuts, bringing the total to 27 teams.

The Miami Heat, led by their star shooting guard, Dwyane Wade, and Shaquille O ' Neal, who had been traded from the Lakers during the 2004 summer, won the series over the Dallas Mavericks in 6 after losing the first two games.

Two of which signed, and one resigned, with the Miami Heat, leading to a season that was heavily centered on their eventual success or failure at taking home the championship.