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*[[1781]] – Father de Veley of [[St. Michael's Parish]] conducts his first funeral, for Anthony Soler.<ref>Austin Carroll. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=xE4UAAAAYAAJ A Catholic History of Alabama and the Floridas]''. P. J. Kenedy & sons, 1908.</ref>
*[[1845]] – [[Antebellum period]]: Florida gains statehood and becomes the 27th star on the [[City of Five Flags|U.S. flag]].
*[[1910]] – Isolated [[Race riot, 1910|race riots]] break out after African-American boxer [[Wikipedia:Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]] defeats "Great White Hope" [[Wikipedia:James J. Jeffries|Jim Jeffries]].
*[[1973]] - Hard rock musician Edgar Winter performed at the Mobile Municipal Auditorium.
*[[1974]] – [[LGBT]]: Thousands of gay rights activists assemble in Pensacola for a "national convention,"<ref>Dallas A. Blanchard and Terry James Prewitt. ''[http://books.google.com/books?id=XuM3VjtyGJAC Religious violence and abortion: the Gideon Project]''. University Press of Florida, 1993.</ref> an antecedent of the [[Memorial Day Weekend]] festivities.
*[[1978]] - Rock musicians Foreigner and Wet Willie performed at the Mobile Municipal Auditorium.
*[[1984]] - Mike Danger performs at Franco's All-Nite Affair.
*[[2005]] – [[Hurricane Dennis]] forms as a tropical depression in the Caribbean Sea.
