1. On October 20, 1820, the U.S. government signed the Treaty of Moultrie Creek with the Seminole tribe, which forced them to move to reservations in central Florida.

2. In 1930, the Sunshine Skyway Bridge, which spans the Tampa Bay, was opened to traffic on October 20. It was the world's longest concrete bridge at the time.

3. On October 20, 1977, Pan Am Flight 814 was hijacked by terrorists and diverted to Karachi, Pakistan. The plane had departed from Mumbai and was en route to New York, with a stopover in Frankfurt, Germany.

4. In 2005, Hurricane Wilma made landfall in Florida on October 20. It was the most intense hurricane ever recorded in the Atlantic basin, with a pressure of 882mb and winds of over 185mph.

5. On October 20, 1927, the first commercial flight from Europe to the United States landed in Miami. The plane was flown by Captains Eddie Rickenbacker and Cyril Uwins, and the journey took 29 hours and 10 minutes.