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*[[1814]] – [[War of 1812]]: [[Andrew Jackson]] arrives in [[Mobile]] and requests the 2,500-man Tennessee militia be sent to defend against British forces at [[Third Spanish period|Spanish Pensacola]]. | *[[1814]] – [[War of 1812]]: [[Andrew Jackson]] arrives in [[Mobile]] and requests the 2,500-man Tennessee militia be sent to defend against British forces at [[Third Spanish period|Spanish Pensacola]]. | ||
+ | *[[1962]] – [[Desegregation]]: Twenty-one black students begin classes at nine previously all-white schools in the [[Escambia County School District]]. | ||
+ | *[[1985]] - Pop / rock musician Barry Manilow performs at the Pensacola Civic Center. | ||
*[[2008]] – The [[ACLU]] announces a lawsuit against the [[Santa Rosa County School District]] alleging that school officials (specifically [[Santa Rosa County Superintendent of Schools|Superintendent]] [[John Rogers]] and [[Pace High School]] Principal [[Frank Lay]]) had "used their government positions … to persistently and pervasively promote their personal religious beliefs in the public schools and at school events." | *[[2008]] – The [[ACLU]] announces a lawsuit against the [[Santa Rosa County School District]] alleging that school officials (specifically [[Santa Rosa County Superintendent of Schools|Superintendent]] [[John Rogers]] and [[Pace High School]] Principal [[Frank Lay]]) had "used their government positions … to persistently and pervasively promote their personal religious beliefs in the public schools and at school events." | ||
Latest revision as of 01:23, 1 February 2016
Events[edit]
- 1814 – War of 1812: Andrew Jackson arrives in Mobile and requests the 2,500-man Tennessee militia be sent to defend against British forces at Spanish Pensacola.
- 1962 – Desegregation: Twenty-one black students begin classes at nine previously all-white schools in the Escambia County School District.
- 1985 - Pop / rock musician Barry Manilow performs at the Pensacola Civic Center.
- 2008 – The ACLU announces a lawsuit against the Santa Rosa County School District alleging that school officials (specifically Superintendent John Rogers and Pace High School Principal Frank Lay) had "used their government positions … to persistently and pervasively promote their personal religious beliefs in the public schools and at school events."