A group of citizens chartered the University of Miami in 1925 with the intent to offer " unique opportunities to develop inter-American studies, to further creative work in the arts and letters, and to conduct teaching and research programs in tropical studies.

Some of the native American Indians stayed in the area ( Miami County ), and became citizens of the United States.

In the 1990s the special charter flights were approved by the US government, to operate from Miami for Cuban citizens living in the United States that have close relatives in Cuba.

International Charters Terminal 2 handles mainly schedule charter flights to and from Miami, Tampa, Ft. Lauderdale and New York for US residents with special permission from the United States government and Cuban citizens with US visas, the scheduled charters are operated by Gulfstream Air Charters, ABC Charters, Marazul Charters, CTS Charters, and C & T Charters.

Following the disastrous 1913 flood in the Great Miami River Valley, citizens realized that the only way to prevent future flooding was to deal with protection on a watershed basis.

Padilla was transferred to a federal prison in Miami from the Navy brig in Charleston while the Supreme Court decided whether to accept his appeal of the government's authority to keep citizens it designates " enemy combatants " in open-ended military confinement without benefit of trial.

This resulted in an even bigger exodus through the port of Mariel, where an improvised flotilla of Cuban exiles from Miami in small pleasure boats and commercial shrimping vessels brought Cuban citizens who wished to leave the island.

He once tried to destroy Miami by causing a tidal wave, then donating some nearby swampland he had bought to the dispossessed citizens to make New Miami, and then using their gratitude towards him to let him hypnotize them with Bavarian Slap-dancing to a salsa beat.

In 1896, a group of citizens gathered at the Old Court House in Dayton, Ohio to create an organization dedicated to collecting and preserving the history of the Miami Valley.

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.

Miami began their next possession at their own 23-yard line and mounted only their third sustained drive of the game, reaching the Dallas 16-yard line in six plays.

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.

In 2005, a similar ad campaign was launched by Sony and executed by TATS CRU in New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Los Angeles and Miami to market its handheld PSP gaming system.

In October 1780, La Balme plundered the principal Miami village of Kekionga ( present-day Fort Wayne ), as part of his campaign to attack the British in Detroit.

He also volunteered at the Seattle office of Nelson Rockefeller's presidential campaign, and in August, attended the 1968 Republican National Convention in Miami as a Rockefeller delegate.

One part of Operation Northwoods was to " develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington.

# We could develop a Communist Cuban terror campaign in the Miami area, in other Florida cities and even in Washington.

He lost to future world light welterweight champion Gene Hatcher in San Antonio, but he beat former world title challenger Maurice Termite Watkins at " The Battle of the Champions '" undercard in Miami, to complete his 1982 boxing campaign.

Some episodes are a vehicle to introduce a new character into the storyline, while others are parodies of cultural phenomena, such as Hello Kitty, Japanese karate and ninja movies, ' 80s anti-drug documentaries, Michael Moore's documentary film Fahrenheit 9 / 11, Kill Bill, the crime drama CSI: Miami, the iPod " silhouette " ad campaign, the MTV show Pimp My Ride, the game show Krypton Factor, Mel Brooks ' History of the World, the video game Portal, Final Fantasy VII, the Academy Awards and even retailers such as PC World (' Pissy Werld ' in the show ), IKEA ( or ' PIKEA ') and Matalan (' Catalan ').

Joe Robbie, founder of the Miami Dolphins, led the financing campaign to build a new home for his team.

Live Nation has recently begun a campaign to expand the Fillmore " brand " by changing the names of a number of established clubs it owns around the U. S. This includes clubs in Denver, Detroit, the Fillmore at the TLA in Philadelphia, the Fillmore at Irving Plaza in New York City, and the Fillmore at the Jackie Gleason Theatre in Miami Beach, Florida.

* 1983: Editorial Board, Miami Herald, " for its campaign against the detention of illegal Haitian immigrants by federal officials.

* 1939: Miami Daily News, " for its campaign for the recall of the Miami City Commission.

As part of the campaign she spent time in South Beach, Miami interviewing locals and traveling to South Beach hot-spots.

Former Miami Dolphins stars Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick were involved in an advertising campaign for the team, and they apparently had a minor ownership interest as well.

The franchise played in the IL through 1955 ( winning five championships ), but was sold and moved to Miami as the Marlins for the 1956 campaign.

In 2006, the Dayton Development Coalition, a non-profit and non-partisan group which advocates for economic development in the Miami Valley, began the development of a regional branding campaign, and Turner Effect bid on, and was awarded, the contract to conduct the marketing research associated with the campaign.

Gaudio had a decent start to his 2002 campaign making the 3rd round of the Australian Open and the quarters of Indian Wells and the round of 16 at Miami.

He would finish second to Jacques Villeneuve in CART championship points in 1995, but after finishing fourth in 1996, 13th in 1997, 11th in 1998 and 21st in 1999, ( not helped by the fact that he had to sit out two races after breaking his leg in the season-opener at Miami in a first-lap accident with Japanese driver Naoki Hattori ) Unser would eventually leave CART to join the budding Indy Racing League for the 2000 campaign.

In May 1960 he was one of a group of ten former Cuban officers in Miami planning a campaign against the Cuban government.

In Florida he has worked with scientists, arborists and environmental managers to develop eco-art projects that engage community residents in bioremediation: coastal reforestation initiatives in Miami ( Miami Science Museum, 2007 ), an urban reforestation campaign in St. Petersburg ( The Florida Botanical Gardens, 2009 ), and coral reef preservation efforts in Hawaii ( Bishop Museum, 2010 ).

Dolphin Stadium won the bid to host Super Bowl XLI on September 17, 2003 after a campaign against Arizona, Tampa Bay, New York City, and Washington D. C. With this game, the Miami Metropolitan Area tied New Orleans, Louisiana as the city to host the most Super Bowls ( 9 ).