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+ | *[[1719]] – [[French Pensacola|French forces]] led by brothers [[Wikipedia:Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville|Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville]] and [[Wikipedia:Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville|Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville]] depart [[Mobile]] for Pensacola. | ||
+ | *[[1862]] – [[Civil War]]: The [[Wikipedia:USS Vincennes (1826)|USS ''Vincennes'']] arrives in [[Pensacola Bay]], the first Union ship to enter the harbor since hostilities began. | ||
+ | *[[1908]] – The [[streetcar operators' strike]] is officially ended following an unsuccessful attempt to dynamite a second streetcar. | ||
+ | *[[1973]] - Heavy metal music icons Led Zeppelin perform at the Mobile Municipal Auditorium. | ||
+ | *[[1976]] - The Florida Theater closes. The last movie shown was Gone With The Wind. | ||
+ | *[[1998]] – [[Kent Hovind]] and [[Jo Hovind|his wife]] submit a document to the [[Escambia County Clerk of Courts]] renouncing their U.S. citizenship and attempting to revoke all signatures they had theretofore made on government documents. | ||
+ | *[[2016]] - Country music artists Florida Georgia Line perform at The Wharf Amphitheater in Orange Beach, Alabama. | ||
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+ | ==Births== | ||
+ | *[[1739]] – [[Elias Durnford]] | ||
[[Category:Days| 0513]] | [[Category:Days| 0513]] |
Latest revision as of 03:43, 11 February 2019
Events[edit]
- 1719 – French forces led by brothers Jean-Baptiste Le Moyne, Sieur de Bienville and Pierre Le Moyne d'Iberville depart Mobile for Pensacola.
- 1862 – Civil War: The USS Vincennes arrives in Pensacola Bay, the first Union ship to enter the harbor since hostilities began.
- 1908 – The streetcar operators' strike is officially ended following an unsuccessful attempt to dynamite a second streetcar.
- 1973 - Heavy metal music icons Led Zeppelin perform at the Mobile Municipal Auditorium.
- 1976 - The Florida Theater closes. The last movie shown was Gone With The Wind.
- 1998 – Kent Hovind and his wife submit a document to the Escambia County Clerk of Courts renouncing their U.S. citizenship and attempting to revoke all signatures they had theretofore made on government documents.
- 2016 - Country music artists Florida Georgia Line perform at The Wharf Amphitheater in Orange Beach, Alabama.