TODAY’S HISTORY

1845: Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state.

1931: President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution adopting “The Star-spangled Banner” as the U.S. national anthem.

1991: An amateur videographer captured the beating and arrest of construction worker Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers after a highspeed car chase.

2005: American millionaire Steve Fossett made the first solo, nonstop, un-refueled flight around the world in a fixed-wing aircraft.