Thursday, April 02, 1970

April 2, 1512: Ponce de Leon discovered Florida


Spanish explorer Ponce de Leon arrived in what we call Florida on this day in 1512.   Eventually, the US purchased the territory from Spain in 1819.   It became a state in 1845.  

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