Tuesday, July 15, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1997, Italian designer Gianni Versace was murdered at his South Beach mansion. South Florida’s Jeffrey Epstein continues to cause havoc … Continue reading Tuesday, July 15, 2025
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Monday, July 14, 2025
Monday, July 14, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1921, Morgan Bonaparte “Bone” Mizell, the man who inspired the painting A Cracker Cowboy and helped popularize the term “Florida … Continue reading Monday, July 14, 2025
Sunday, July 13, 2025
Sunday, July 13, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1927, prohibition enforcers dumped $250,000 in liquor seized in Miami into the Gulf Stream. Miami Beach tennis pro Amanda Anisimova received … Continue reading Sunday, July 13, 2025
Saturday, July 12, 2025
Saturday, July 12, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1958, Jacksonville’s Daniel David Sikes Jr. won the National Public Links championship in Chicago. He turned pro in 1960 and went … Continue reading Saturday, July 12, 2025
Friday, July 11, 2025
Friday, July 11, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1969, Dr. Thomas G. Carpenter became the first president of the University of North Florida. In 1973, the first graduating … Continue reading Friday, July 11, 2025
Thursday, July 10, 2025
Thursday, July 10, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1875, famed educator Mary McLeod Bethune was born. In 1904, she opened the Daytona Beach Literary and Industrial School for … Continue reading Thursday, July 10, 2025
Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1835, two-time Florida Governor William Dunnington Bloxham was born in Leon County. Bloxham is credited with saving the Florida economy … Continue reading Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Tuesday, July 8, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1951, noted historian William Thomas Cash died. He was the first state librarian and a member of both the Florida … Continue reading Tuesday, July 8, 2025
Monday, July 7, 2025
Monday, July 7, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1983, 28 people were arrested, and more than half of Everglades City’s fishing boats were seized in Operation Everglades, a … Continue reading Monday, July 7, 2025
Sunday, July 6, 2025
Sunday, July 6, 2025 Good Morning! On this day in 1978, country singer Tammy Wynette married her fifth husband, record producer George Richey, in Jupiter. One of the state’s largest VFW … Continue reading Sunday, July 6, 2025