Timeline Cape Canaveral

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Time Line of events of Cape Canaveral


1564- John Sparke writes about his landing experiences with Captain John Hawkins.

1847- Canaveral Lighthouse is built

1853- Captain Burnham settled on the east coast of the Banana River


1885- Hurricane created "Wall of water" that devastated area.

1888-11, William_H._Peck publishes story in Florida Star about his visit to Burnham (lighthouse keeper.

1890 - Canaveral Club formed by Harvard graduates C.B. Horton of Boston and George H. Reed 18K acres

1920 - Journalista created, the Brossier brothers, R.B Brossier and Dickson Brossier, a group of prosperous journalists start a real estate development later called Avon by the Sea. Brossiers started a publication the Evening Reporter-Star that was the forerunner to the Orlando_Sentinel.


1950-7-4, First Rocket fired at Cape Canaveral, Bumper became the first mission to launch from Cape Canaveral


1951- Anthropologist Irving Rouse of Yale University visits area does research on Indian Mounds.

1953-11-4, Port Canaveral has its grand opening, Keynote speaker Spessard Holland.

1954-The first port manager, George King, was announced.

1958-1-31, First satellite fired.

1961-5-5, Sub orbital flight by Allen Shepard


1961 7-21, suborbital by Virgil L.Grisson

1962-2-20, Orbital flight by John L.Glenn


1963-5-14, Gordon Cooper orbits Earth 26 times

1963- 11-28,Renaming of Cape Canaveral by Lyndon B. Johnson to Cape Kennedy.


1965- A lock was dedicated at the port.

1967- Museum of Sunken Treasure opened featuring artifacts from the 1715_Treasure_Fleet.

1972-12-7, Apollo 17 launch, last trip to Moon

    Indian River Survey -Irving Rouse 1951

    History of Brevard vol. 2

    The Treasure of Cape Canaveral published in Indian River Journal by Brevard Historical Commission.

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