In 1881, Philadelphian Hamilton Disston purchased 4 million acres of land in the Everglades - one of the largest purchases of land made by a single person in the history of America.
The Cuban Revolution began on February 24, 1895. The Cuban Revolutionary Party, led by Joe Marti, joined with Maximo Gomez to fight again the Spanish Army in Cuba.
The Spanish-American War erupted in the Caribbean in April 1898. The Cuban Revolutionary Party declared war on Spain in 1895, and fighting ensued for three years.
On January 22, 1912, Henry Flagler triumphantly boarded the first train to Key West. Flagler's vision was complete: his hotels were successful and railroads in constant use across the state.
On June 28, 1914, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne, and his wife were assassinated by Serbian nationalist, Gavrilo Princip, in Sarejevo.
On May 7, 1915, a German U-Boat torpedoed the British liner Lusitania, sinking it off the coast of Ireland. Of the 1,959 people aboard, 1,198 were killed, including 128 Americans. U.S.
