In 1845, Florida was admitted as the 27th U.S. state. In 1931, President Herbert Hoover signed a congressional resolution adopting“The Star-Spangled Banner” as the U.S. national anthem. In 1991, an amateur videographer captured the beating and arrest of construction worker Rodney King by Los Angeles police officers after a high-speed car chase. In 2005, American millionaire Steve Fossett made the first solo, nonstop, unrefueled flight around the world in a fixed-wing aircraft. ...