2024 in Florida
Florida-related events during the year 2024
The following is a list of events of the year 2024 in Florida .
Incumbents
State government
Events
January 8 – Peregrine Mission One , the first US lunar lander since the Apollo program , is launched at Cape Canaveral , It later suffers from a fuel leak, making it unable to complete its objective.[ 1]
January 21 – Governor Ron DeSantis ends his presidential campaign and endorses former president Donald Trump .[ 2]
January 27 – Icon of the Seas largest cruise ship , makes its maiden voyage at the PortMiami in Miami .[ 3]
February 1 – A Beechcraft Bonanza aircraft crashes into a mobile home park in Clearwater , killing the pilot and two people on the ground.[ 4]
February 8 – NASA 's PACE mission is launched aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to study Earth 's ocean and atmosphere.[ 5]
February 9 – Two people are killed and three more survive after a plane crashes on Interstate 75 in Collier County .[ 6]
February 15 – Odysseus , the first US lunar lander since the unsuccessful Peregrine Mission One, is launched at the Kennedy Space Center .[ 7]
April 6 – Two people, including the perpetrator, are killed and seven others are injured in a mass shooting at a bar in Doral .[ 8]
May 14 – Eight people are killed and 40 others are injured when a bus carrying farmworkers collides with a truck and overturns in Marion County .[ 9]
June 5 – Boeing 's Starliner capsule launches its first astronaut-crewed flight into space to the International Space Station after several delays at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.[ 10]
June 12 –
The National Weather Service issues a rare Flash Flood Emergency in southern, for life-threatening flooding conditions only expected once every 500 to 1,000 years.[ 11]
A man in Hudson fatally shoots a family of four with a 9 mm gun before burning their bodies in a fire pit. The perpetrator was identified as 25-year-old Rory John Graeme Atwood.[ 12]
June 13 – A Russian warship and a nuclear-powered submarine conduct military drills in the Caribbean Sea simulating a missile strike on enemy ships after passing near the coast of Florida in order to reach Havana , Cuba .[ 13]
June 24 – In ice hockey , the Florida Panthers defeat the Edmonton Oilers in seven games to win the 2024 Stanley Cup Finals , marking their first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history. The Panthers also avoid becoming the fifth team in National Hockey League history to lose a series despite having a 3–0 series lead .[ 14]
July 14 – Twenty-seven people, including Colombian Football Federation president Ramón Jesurún , are arrested and 55 are ejected following crowd control issues at Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens , before the Copa América final , where fans breached security gates at the stadium's entrance.[ 15]
August 5 – At least six people are killed in Florida, by severe weather caused by Hurricane Debby .[ 16]
August 28 – The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration temporarily grounds all SpaceX Falcon 9 launches and orders an investigation following a booster rocket fire incident at the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.[ 17]
September 2 – The United States seizes a Dassault Falcon 900 jet used by Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro on accusations that the purchase of the jet violated U.S. sanctions against Venezuela , and flies the jet from the Dominican Republic to Florida.[ 18]
September 15 – Trump International Golf Club shooting : Shots are fired near former US President Donald Trump at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach .[ 19]
September 26 –
Hurricane Helene makes landfall in Florida, as a Category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140 mph (230 km/h) and a minimum central pressure of 938 millibars .[ 20] Tropical storm conditions occur across western Florida, with an automated weather station recording sustained winds of 54 mph (87 km/h) with gusts up to 68 mph (109 km/h) near Tampa Bay . [ 21]
October 8 – 12 Counties in Western-Central Florida issue evacuation orders due to the threat of Hurricane Milton .[ 22]
October 9 –
October 10 – At least ten people are killed in damages by tornadoes caused by Hurricane Milton.[ 26]
October 14 – SpaceX launches NASA 's Europa Clipper Kennedy Space Center , to study Jupiter 's moon Europa , with the spacecraft expected to arrive in April 2030.[ 27]
See also
References
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