TODAY IN BREVARD HISTORY JUNE 5 1925 The muncipal charter for Cocoa Beach, the Florida "boom" resort created by Cocoa attorney Gus Edwards, was approved by the Florida Legislature today. 1941 The Highway 520 causeway linking the City of Cocoa to Merritt Island was dedicated today. This causeway would prove extremely useful to U.S. military forces at the Banana River Naval Air Station (today's Patrick Air Force Base) and to civilians patrolling the beaches for German U-boat activity. 1963 The Florida Supreme Court ruled today that cigarette manufacturers can be held liable in the deaths of smokers. 1991 The space shuttle (STS 40) was launched today from Cape Canaveral. -- - ----------------------------------------------------------- This was excerpted with permission from the maillist fhstoday which is limited to bulletins. The emails are forwarded to the fhsagora list which allows its registrants to reply to the fhsagora mail list. To subscribe to the fhstoday please use subscribe form available at http://www.florida-historical-soc.org/maillist/ - -----------------------------------------------------------