1. In 1959, the first commercial flight arrived at Miami International Airport's then-new "Jungle Terminal," a uniquely designed terminal built to resemble a tropical rainforest.

2. In 1993, the first ever Super Bowl hosted in Florida was played at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California, between the Dallas Cowboys and the Buffalo Bills. The Cowboys won the game 52-17.

3. In 2004, the first same-sex marriages were performed in the United States in the city of San Francisco. Later that year, a bill passed in Florida that defined marriage as between one man and one woman, prohibiting same-sex marriages.

4. In 2008, a tornado outbreak occurred in central Florida, damaging hundreds of homes and businesses and causing at least 20 injuries.

5. In 2018, SpaceX successfully launched its Falcon Heavy rocket from Kennedy Space Center in Florida, marking the first time that the world's most powerful rocket had been launched from the state. The rocket carried Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster as a test payload.