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*[[1845]] – '''[[Antebellum period]]''': Florida gained statehood and became the 27th star on the [[City of Five Flags|U.S. flag]].
*[[1866]] – '''[[James Simpson Reese]]''' was born.
*[[1910]] – Isolated '''[[Race riot, 1910|race riots]]''' broke out after African-American boxer [[Wikipedia:Jack Johnson (boxer)|Jack Johnson]] defeats defeated "Great White Hope" [[Wikipedia:James J. Jeffries|Jim Jeffries]].
*[[1974]] – '''[[LGBT]]''': Thousands of gay rights activists assembled in Pensacola for a "national convention," an antecedent of the [[Memorial Day Weekend]] festivities.
