- 1898 – Sirena Jackson was apprehended boarding a train after neighbors discovered her husband Ben's dead body.
- 1925 – The Frisco Railroad purchased the Muscle Shoals, Birmingham & Pensacola Railroad.
- 1937 – Two flight cadets were killed when their planes collided near NAS Pensacola.
- 1943 – The Municipal Port Authority convened for the first time.
- 1958 – Jewel Cannada-Wynn was born.