- Nearly 24 years after his crime, Clarence Hill is executed by lethal injection for the murder of Pensacola police officer Stephen Taylor.
- The Vince Whibbs, Sr. Community Maritime Park (rendering pictured) is approved in referendum by the citizens of Pensacola.
- The trial of evangelist Kent Hovind and his wife on 58 federal tax charges is postponed to October 17.
- The Pensacola City Council selects the Hawkshaw Eastside project over four competing plans for the 2-acre parcel at Ninth Avenue and Romana Street in Pensacola.
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