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Coppertone Sunscreen Began With A Miami Pharmacist And A Wartime Problem

Coppertone Sunscreen Began With A Miami Pharmacist And A Wartime Problem

The sunscreen that fills beach bags across the country traces back to a Miami Beach pharmacist who first mixed it not for sunbathers but for soldiers. Benjamin Green’s wartime experiment, developed during World War II and refined afterward in his own kitchen, became Coppertone, one of the foundational American sun-care products and a piece of consumer history rooted firmly in South Florida. A Soldier’s Problem In The Pacific The product grew out of a military need rather than a commercial one. By the early 1940s, the Army Air Forces were searching for a way to protect personnel exposed to relentless sun, whether stranded in deserts or adrift on life rafts in the Pacific. Green, who served as an airman, saw

Snow Fell in Miami Only Once, on January 19, 1977

Snow Fell In Miami Only Once, On January 19, 1977

Miami is a city built around the absence of winter. Its identity, its tourism, and its skyline all assume a climate of palms and warm water, which is what makes a single morning nearly half a century ago so hard to forget. On January 19, 1977, snow fell on Miami for the first and only time in the city’s recorded history, drifting past palm trees and landing on the sand of Miami Beach before the sun erased it within hours. It was not much snow. By the strictest measure it was barely snow at all. And yet the event has outlasted countless hurricanes and heat waves in the city’s collective memory, precisely because it was something Miami is not supposed

Miami's Tourism Recovery: The Comeback of the Cruise Industry and International Visitors

Miami’s Tourism Recovery: The Comeback of the Cruise Industry and International Visitors

Miami sits at the center of one of the most consequential tourism moments in its modern history — a city where the world’s largest cruise port is setting passenger records, new ships are calling it home, and the FIFA World Cup is weeks away from bringing a global wave of visitors to its beaches, hotels, and neighborhoods. The convergence is not accidental. It reflects years of infrastructure investment, a deepening identity as an international gateway, and the return of confidence from travelers who chose Miami as their destination even when global tourism stumbled elsewhere. PortMiami’s Record-Breaking Run PortMiami officially closed Fiscal Year 2025 with its highest-ever passenger count: 8,564,225 cruise passengers passed through Miami between October 1, 2024, and September

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Who Were the Tequesta?

A Complete History of Miami’s First People The Tequesta were the original inhabitants of what is now Miami and much of southeastern Florida, long before the arrival of Europeans. Their

Edge Computing: Improved Performance Over Cloud?

Edge Computing: Improved Performance Over Cloud?

Edge computing offers a compelling performance advantage by minimizing the distance data must travel between its source and the point of processing. Unlike traditional cloud computing, which relies on centralized