August 18
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Events
- 1821 – The first issue of The Floridian is published by George Tunstall and Cary Nicholas.
- 1982 – Former State Representative R. W. "Smokey" Peaden is convicted on five counts of cocaine possession and transportation.
- 2005 – Mario Forgione purchases the Pensacola Ice Pilots from Tim Kerr.
- 2006 – Strand v. Escambia County: The Circuit Court rules that the Southwest Escambia Improvement District is constitutional.
Deaths
- 2007 – Lee Shortt, while diving at the USS Oriskany artificial reef