This Week in Florida History
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![History Week of April 23-29, 2023](https://www.thisweekinflorida.org/content/images/size/w750/2023/04/mariel-boatlift.png)
History Week of April 23-29, 2023
On April 27, 1980, storms hit the Florida Keys relentlessly sinking between ten and fifteen boats full of Cuban refugees
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Apr
27
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27
![Members of 2506 Brigade march in a Cuban prision camp guarded by armed men.](https://www.thisweekinflorida.org/content/images/size/w750/2023/04/BayofPigs_t107916971-3.jpg)
History Week of April 16-22
This week in Florida marks one of the most consequential moments in American history.
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Apr
27