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The European Space Agency spacecraft "Hera" is successfully launched on a Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket by SpaceX from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, United States. The spacecraft will study the asteroid 65803 Didymos and evaluate the impact of the earlier Double Asteroid Redirection Test.
2024-10-7

The office of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announces that it is sending drones and weapons to Israel to support its fight against Hamas.
2023-10-26

The bridge connecting Pine Island in Lee County, Florida, reopens to the public after undergoing repairs from damage caused by Hurricane Ian.
2022-10-5

Florida has reported more than 10,000 cases of the Lineage B.1.1.7, Lineage P.1, and Lineage B.1.351 variants since spring break.
2021-05-9

Florida becomes the first U.S. state to surpasses 1,000 cases of SARS-CoV-2 variants.
2021-03-21

Hurricane Eta restrengthens into a category 1 hurricane as it reaches the Gulf Coast of Florida.
2020-11-11

The United Launch Alliance successfully launches NASA's OSIRIS-REx from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station Space Launch Complex 41 in Florida. The mission is to study asteroid 101955 Bennu and in 2023 to return a sample to Earth for detailed analysis. If successful, OSIRIS-REx will be the first U.S. spacecraft to return samples from an asteroid.
2016-09-8

Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson tells a Florida television station that he would run for the Republican Party nomination with a formal announcement to be made in the city of Detroit, Michigan, where he grew up.
2015-05-3

An 84-year-old woman from the U.S. state of Florida comes forward as the sole winner of the record-breaking $590 million Powerball lottery drawing in May.
2013-06-5

The Mayor of Miami-Dade County in the U.S. state of Florida, Carlos Alvarez, and County commissioner Natacha Seijas are defeated in recall elections. [http:--www.miamiherald.com-2011-03-15-v-fullstory-2115658-polls-open-for-recall-election.html ("Miami Herald")]date=August 2019
2011-03-15