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Fort Lauderdale, Broward, Florida, USA
Fort Lauderdale is known as the Venice of America because the city has 185 miles of local waterways.
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- The city was incorporated in 1911, and in 1915 was designated the county seat of newly formed Broward County.
Fort Lauderdale's first major development began in the 1920s, during the Florida land boom of the 1920s.
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Fort Lauderdale, in Dade co., Fla., 30 miles N. by E. of Miami.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher 
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Lauderdale Beach Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Aerial View of Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fla.
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1945 - NAVY REPORTS 5 PLANES LOST OVER ATLANTIC. SEARCH UNDER WAY OFF FLORIDA COAST; 10 CREWMEN ABOARD.
Miami, Fla. (UP) - A flight of five navy torpedo bombers disappeared off the southeast Florida coast last night, and today a full-scale search aided...Read MORE...- 1947 - September 17–September 21 – The 1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane in southeastern Florida, and also in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana causes widespread damage and kills 51 people.
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September 21, 1947 - 1965 - October 14 -15 - Heavy rains hit the coastal areas of southeastern Florida.
In a 24 hour period rains of twenty inches were reported from Deerfield Beach to Fort Lauderdale, with 25.28 inches on the Fort Lauderdale Bahia-Mar...Read MORE... - 1965 - October 30-31 - Fort Lauderdale, FL, was deluged with 13.81 inches of rain, which brought their rainfall total for the month of October to an all-time record of 42.43 inches.
The Weather Channel - 1968 - December 6 - WKID (WSCV) TV channel 51 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
historyorb.com - 1969 - August 30 - Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
Lauderdale Beach Hotel, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
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Aerial View of Fort Lauderdale Beach, Fla.
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The city was incorporated in 1911, and in 1915 was designated the county seat of newly formed Broward County.
Fort Lauderdale's first major development began in the 1920s, during the Florida land boom of the 1920s.
www.wikipedia.org
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1916
Fort Lauderdale, in Dade co., Fla., 30 miles N. by E. of Miami.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
1945 - NAVY REPORTS 5 PLANES LOST OVER ATLANTIC. SEARCH UNDER WAY OFF FLORIDA COAST; 10 CREWMEN ABOARD.
Miami, Fla. (UP) - A flight of five navy torpedo bombers disappeared off the southeast Florida coast last night, and today a full-scale search aided... Read MORE...
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1947 - September 17–September 21 – The 1947 Fort Lauderdale Hurricane in southeastern Florida, and also in Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana causes widespread damage and kills 51 people.
www.wikipedia.org
September 21, 1947
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1965 - October 14 -15 - Heavy rains hit the coastal areas of southeastern Florida.
In a 24 hour period rains of twenty inches were reported from Deerfield Beach to Fort Lauderdale, with 25.28 inches on the Fort Lauderdale Bahia-Mar... Read MORE...
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1965 - October 30-31 - Fort Lauderdale, FL, was deluged with 13.81 inches of rain, which brought their rainfall total for the month of October to an all-time record of 42.43 inches.
The Weather Channel
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1968 - December 6 - WKID (WSCV) TV channel 51 in Fort Lauderdale, FL (IND) 1st broadcast
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1969 - August 30 - Racial disturbances in Fort Lauderdale Florida
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